Sit Down Young Stranger - Gordon Lightfoot

I’m standin' in the doorway

My head bowed in my hands

Not knowin' where to sit

Not knowin' where to stand

My father looms above me For him there is no rest

My mother’s arms enfold me And hold me to her breast

They say you been out wandrin'

They say you travelled far

Sit down young stranger

And tell us who you are

The room has all gone misty,

My thoughts are all in spin

Sit down young stranger

And tell us where you been

I’ve been up to the mountain

I’ve walked down by the sea

I never questioned no one

And no one questioned me My love was given freely

And oftimes was returned

I never came to borrow

I only came to learn

Sometimes it would get lonely

But it taught me how to cry

And laughter came too easy

For life to pass me by

I never had a dollar