Shellfish

Composed by：Gordon Lightfoot

Even if you're sure

Before you begin to cry

Never rest until you find

What is best to be forgot

Let it float off in the night

Beneath the moon

So brightly shining down

On the steeples of the town

You must not be downhearted

Over things you left undone

You've got faith

To tell you all is well

And you know you'd best not stop

There's still a ways to go

Even if you're sure

Before you begin to sigh

Let me show my way is best

On the wayward side tonight

Let a planet be your guide

Up above the fields

Beside the sleeping town

When the work is all shut down

You will not be outsmarted

By a song you left unsung

You've got faith

Make your world take flight

There is still a ways to go

'Bout a thousand miles or so

And even if you're sure

Before you begin to smile

Let it happen on its own

Like a shellfish in the sea

I'm as selfish as can be

When it comes down to

Me and all of my kin

All they wanna do is win

You will not be deserted

By old friends you've left alone

You've got faith

To make you meet the cost

And you know you'd best not wait

He who hesitates is lost

So even if you're sure

It's so easy to be shellfish in the sea