Drink Yer Glasses Empty, ©1993 by Gordon Lightfoot

Listen up and I'll tell you what you'll do
Forget about music--and alcohol too
Forget about your baby we got other work fer you
Better drink yer glasses empty now it's time t' rise 'n' shine
There's one less cause in the world to be leaving for
 
It was back in '39 when I was one year old
Sitting by the backyard fence and the world had
turned so cold
Drink yer glasses empty now is all that they were told
Drink yer glasses girls and boys it's time t' hit the sky
To the tune of thunder there's no time to wonder why
 
We'd love t' take life over that is plain
Forget about sorrow--forget about pain
And watch a John Wayne movie to remind us once again
Better drink yer glasses empty now it's time t' hit the line
You got one less cause in the world to be leaving for
Drink yer glasses girls and boys it's time t' hit the sky
To the tune of thunder there's a tear in every eye
 
I'd like to take things one at a time
Forget about reason--Forget about rhyme
Because beg steal or borrow you got another hill t' climb
So drink yer glasses empty now it's time t' hit the road
There's one less cause in the world t' be leaving for
Drink yer glasses girls and boys it's time t' hit the sky
To the tune of thunder there's no time t' wonder why
 
We'd like to take life over again
When time of war had passed away into the rain
And watch a John Wayne movie to remind us of the plains
Just drink yer glasses empty now it's time t' rise 'n' shine
There's one less cause in the world to be leaving for