Song Lyrics

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 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, above the fields
Beside the sleeping town, when the work is all shut down
You will not be outsmarted, by that song you left unsung
You got faith to make your world take flight
There is still a ways to go, about a thousand miles or so

Even if you're sure, before you begin to smile
Let it happen on it's 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 want to do is win
You will not be deserted by old friends you left alone
You 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

Gordon Lightfoot

The duration of Shellfish is 3:45 minutes and seconds.