Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.

Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

Of course I knew The Band's Canadian keyboard player, the late Richard Manuel, but I didn't play that night because I was there as a guest with my record executives. People ask, "why didn't you play?" If I had known I was going to be playing then I would have been prepared for it.

What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages] - the result of my living.

I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.

If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.