Songbook (Gordon Lightfoot album)


Songbook is a career retrospective album released by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot on the Rhino label in 1999. The album contains 88 songs on four CDs covering Lightfoot's career, and includes 16 previously unreleased tracks. The only material not covered are the albums Harmony and Solo, which were released after Songbook.

Track listing

All compositions by Gordon Lightfoot.

Disc 1

  1. I'm the One**
  2. It's Too Late, He Wins**
  3. For Lovin' Me
  4. Early Morning Rain
  5. The Way I Feel
  6. Steel Rail Blues
  7. A Message to the Wind*
  8. Song For a Winter's Night
  9. Canadian Railroad Trilogy
  10. Go-Go Round
  11. Crossroads
  12. You'll Still Be Needing Me*
  13. The Mountains And Maryann
  14. The Last Time I Saw Her
  15. Did She Mention My Name
  16. Pussywillows Cat-Tails
  17. Boss Man
  18. Something Very Special
  19. Bitter Green
  20. Affair on Eighth Avenue
  21. I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness
  22. Softly
  23. Mama Said*
  24. Station Master*

    Disc 2

  25. Sit Down Young Stranger
  26. If You Could Read My Mind
  27. Poor Little Allison
  28. The Pony Man
  29. Cobwebs And Dust
  30. Too Much to Lose*
  31. Summer Side of Life
  32. Cotton Jenny
  33. Ten Degrees And Getting Colder
  34. Nous Vivons Ensemble
  35. Same Old Loverman
  36. Heaven Don't Deserve Me*
  37. Don Quixote
  38. Alberta Bound
  39. Beautiful
  40. Ode to Big Blue
  41. Stone Cold Sober*
  42. Old Dan's Records
  43. That Same Old Obsession
  44. Lazy Morning
  45. Hi'way Songs
  46. Can't Depend on Love

    Disc 3

  47. Sundown
  48. Carefree Highway
  49. Seven Island Suite
  50. Borderstone*
  51. Cold on the Shoulder
  52. Now and Then
  53. Rainy Day People
  54. Fine as Fine Can Be
  55. All the Lovely Ladies
  56. Summertime Dream
  57. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  58. Never Too Close
  59. Betty Called Me In*
  60. Endless Wire
  61. The Circle is Small
  62. Sea of Tranquility
  63. Make Way For the Lady
  64. Dream Street Rose
  65. Ghosts of Cape Horn
  66. Keepin' On Yearnin'*
  67. Canary Yellow Canoe*

    Disc 4

  68. Shadows
  69. She's Not the Same
  70. 14 Karat Gold
  71. Baby Step Back
  72. In My Fashion
  73. Never Say Trust Me*
  74. Why Should I Feel Blue*
  75. Someone to Believe In
  76. Romance
  77. Broken Dreams
  78. Always on the Bright Side*
  79. Forgive Me Lord*
  80. Lifeline*
  81. East of Midnight
  82. Morning Glory
  83. A Lesson In Love
  84. A Passing Ship
  85. Waiting For You
  86. Drink Yer Glasses Empty
  87. I'll Prove My Love
  88. A Painter Passing Through
*Indicates previously unreleased track.
**Indicates a track that was previously only available on a 45 RPM vinyl single.