Long Way Back Home - Gordon Lightfoot cover. Performed by Robert Haigh.

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  • Опубликовано: 3 фев 2025
  • LYRICS:
    From the railhead to the boatyard from the factory to the farm
    From the mine to the mill yard I've weathered the storm
    From the barroom to the bedpost I've wasted my days
    All I have is my drink and the time left to think
    While time slips away
    Just look at my face as you tell me goodbye
    You'll see what I'm after by the look in my eye
    Just walk away and leave me alone
    It's a long way back home
    Now in case you should ask me what it is I have done
    Well I say I'm a soldier who once had a son
    But my son doesn't know me that's his right to choose
    Oh say can you see my best friend is me
    I'm a friend I could use
    Just look at my face as you tell me goodbye
    You'll see what I'm after by the look in my eye
    Just walk away and leave me alone
    It's a long way back home
    Now the pages have faded the story grows cold
    And the plot falls to ashes like the ruins of old
    Those rats in my rafters they're after my shoes
    And anything else they can find on the shelf
    I've said they could use
    Just look at my face as you tell me goodbye
    You'll see what I'm after by the look in my eye
    Just walk away and leave me alone
    It's a long way back home
    It's a long way back home
    ________________________________________________________
    "Long Way Back Home" - written by Gordon Lightfoot.
    #notautotuned #notpitchcorrected

Комментарии • 119

  • @웰컴뮤직
    @웰컴뮤직 2 месяца назад +2

    멋진 기타 소리와 참 멋진 목소리의 노래입니다.^^

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you, my friend! I am glad you like this!

  • @roberthaigh3206
    @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +6

    "Long Way Back Home" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot, from his 4th studio album, BACK HERE ON EARTH, released in 1968. He wrote every song on the album, as was usually the case. I have all of Gordon's studio albums, plus two live albums, on CD. Bob Dylan, when asked who he thought were the world's best songwriters (other than himself!) said Gordon Lightfoot and Kris Kristofferson were the top two in his opinion.

  • @akki109
    @akki109 2 месяца назад +1

    I could feel the nice countryside atmosphere from your performance. Thank you for sharing

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you! I appreciate the comment! 😊👍

  • @janescarlettodonnell
    @janescarlettodonnell 2 месяца назад +1

    Great work Robert , lovely cover. 👏🏼👏🏼😊
    Love so many of his songs , such a great songwriter. 🔥😁

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you, Jane! Glad you like my rendition of this song! 😊❤👍

  • @ronaldchow2116
    @ronaldchow2116 2 месяца назад +1

    Hello Robert , glad to meet you again and enjoy your singing performance with pleasure. Nice indeed 🎉

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much, Ronald! I appreciate the visit, and the comment! Best wishes to you, my friend! 😊👍

  • @robharrington524
    @robharrington524 2 месяца назад +1

    Love The Martin, And Vocals Are Always Good🎸🎸🎸

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you, Rob! I appreciate the comment. 😊👍

  • @alfonsdemunter
    @alfonsdemunter 2 месяца назад +1

    Hallo Robert, this is a beautiful song and a great performance by you my dear friend, it was a pleasure to listen !
    👍👍 BIG like.
    I wish you peace & health ... Fons.

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you so much, Fons! Best wishes to you, my friend! 😊

  • @ПоющаяГитара
    @ПоющаяГитара 2 месяца назад +2

    Hello ! This is really good song and guitar playing with your vocal , Like !!! All the best !!!

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you so much! Glad you like this!

  • @teteatete1000
    @teteatete1000 2 месяца назад +1

    Very well done - vocals AND guitar. Thanks!

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you so much! I appreciate your comment!

  • @johnny_amish
    @johnny_amish 2 месяца назад +1

    Love Gordon! I've got all his studio albums on vinyl up through Dream Rose. Saw him in concert a few years ago, and he was great! Lovely rendition, thank you Robert! 🙏

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you! I appreciate your comment! 😊

  • @hubertgunpowder
    @hubertgunpowder Месяц назад +2

    That was beautiful, Robert !! ♫

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you very much! Glad you like this! 🙂👍

  • @kareeme7
    @kareeme7 2 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for another great song Robert. Awesome as Always.

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you, Kareem! Glad you like this! 😊

  • @Herfortz
    @Herfortz 2 месяца назад +1

    You sound wonderful, Robert.

  • @domenicabianco
    @domenicabianco 2 месяца назад +1

    bravo ❤👍

  • @AhnTK
    @AhnTK 2 месяца назад +1

    Hi 👋 Robert, my friend 😊
    This beautiful song is my first time hearing 😊Your beautiful performance makes me ecstatic 😂I'm so moved 😂thank you for your wonderful sharing 😂have a great day with guitar and good luck 🙏

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you for your kind words, my friend! Much appreciated! Best wishes to you! 😊❤👍☀

  • @PetersRecord
    @PetersRecord Месяц назад +1

    Dear Robert, it was a pleasure to watch and listen to your song. Your expressive performance made the song very authentic. Big like 👍 Best wishes from Munich - Peter

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you very much, Peter! I am glad you like my song! Best wishes from West Yorkshire, England! 😊👍

  • @gregorybradler9780
    @gregorybradler9780 2 месяца назад +1

    Great cover, Robert! Wonderful guitar and vocals, my friend! I really enjoy songs like this with the 3/4 rhythm. Thanks for sharing!

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thant you, Greg! I appreciate your comment! 😊🧡👍

  • @ChuckandTeddi2018
    @ChuckandTeddi2018 2 месяца назад +1

    Always been a Gordon fan!! Great job!! Loved it!!!

  • @VictorMawhinney
    @VictorMawhinney 2 месяца назад +1

    BIG👍 Robert , sounding really good my friend , I like it 👌👌👌
    🎸🎶🎸…… Victor👍👍👍

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you, Victor! Glad you like this! 👍

  • @barciabrotherstv4813
    @barciabrotherstv4813 Месяц назад +1

    Wow another beautiful performance Sir.❤❤❤

  • @BUGSBUNNY04-d3h
    @BUGSBUNNY04-d3h 2 месяца назад +1

    wow wow this is so awesome and beautiful my frend great job well done

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much! I'm glad you like this!

  • @-LyDia.Of-France
    @-LyDia.Of-France 2 месяца назад +1

    A wonderful song! A superb interpretation. I loved it! Very nice video too. Thumbs up ! LyDia ♫♪♫

  • @squachwats
    @squachwats 2 месяца назад +1

    Awesome performance and nice shirt too! 😁😊👕

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you kindly! I appreciate the comment! 🙂

  • @paulnicodemus
    @paulnicodemus 2 месяца назад +1

    Nice job on this Robert!! Love it👍😎

  • @loulauer5853
    @loulauer5853 Месяц назад +1

    Splendid! That was fun to hear and watch you play.

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  Месяц назад

      Thank you, Lou! I'm glad you like my rendition of this song!🙂👍

  • @AntHellMusic
    @AntHellMusic 2 месяца назад +1

    So beautiful and powerful singing :))) Lk+1

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you so much! I'm glad you like this! 😊❤👍

  • @maxwashingtonmusic7000
    @maxwashingtonmusic7000 2 месяца назад +1

    Beautiful rendition! I’ll check out the original. I love Gordo, but I haven’t heard this one. I think Dylan said You’re a Big Girl Now was his way of writing a Lightfoot style song 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️✨✨✨✨✨✨

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you! I love both Dylan and Lightfoot! Glad you like my cover of this song! 😊🧡👍

  • @MickEdwardsAccordionVocal
    @MickEdwardsAccordionVocal 2 месяца назад +1

    Very Good my friend, Well Done,

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much, Mick! Glad you like this! 😊

  • @eduaniszerquera
    @eduaniszerquera 2 месяца назад +1

    Another great song 💖💖🎶🎶💖💖

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you ! Glad you like this! 🙂❤👍

  • @greghulks6544
    @greghulks6544 Месяц назад

    A fabulous cover song my friend.
    Delightful guitar play and vocals Robert. I like this a lot, well done !
    🌏 🏠 🌄. 🖼. 🎨 🛣. 🚗. 🚞. ⛽. ❤

  • @charleskofflermusic9051
    @charleskofflermusic9051 2 месяца назад +1

    Much enjoyed my friend Robert. Thank you to introduce me to Gordon Lightfoot. Congratulations for your amazing talent 💯👏👏👏👌

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you very much, Charles! Glad you like this! Best wishes, my friend! 😊👍🧡

  • @robinrendellwordman8182
    @robinrendellwordman8182 2 месяца назад +1

    You have the most wonderfully distinctive singing voice, Robert, a voice I very much enjoy listening to. It so suits this Gordon Lightfoot song, my friend. Yes, I enjoyed this very much.

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for your gracious comment, Robin! I'm glad you like this! 😊

  • @BigEsBuskinBelters
    @BigEsBuskinBelters 2 месяца назад +1

    Yet another great rendition of a great song, well done Robert 🎸🎤😀

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much! I'm glad you like this! 😊

  • @jenfi42
    @jenfi42 2 месяца назад +2

    Superb song and rendition my friend 👍 🎶👏😊

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you very much, Jean-Phi! I'm glad you like this! 😊👍❤

  • @garyschafer-thepickinpilot9010
    @garyschafer-thepickinpilot9010 2 месяца назад +1

    Terrific, Robert! I thought I had heard all of Lightfoot's songs, but you just introduced me to one I hadn't heard, and it is fantastic as was your performance, my friend 👏👏🎸🎸💖💖

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much, Gary! I truly appreciate your comment, my friend! 😊❤

  • @beeetleboy518
    @beeetleboy518 2 месяца назад +1

    A new one for me Robert superbly sung and played my friend a wonderful listen, thanks for sharing . 👍👍🎸😎🎸 BB (👍)

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much, my friend! I guess this song is something of a deep album cut, but I love it! Glad you like my rendition! 😊👍

  • @harrietbarbir8579
    @harrietbarbir8579 2 месяца назад +1

    loved Gordon Lightfoot- at this time of year I love his Song for a Winters Night. Great cover 🎸🎶👏

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you, Harriet! Glad you like this! I'm a big Gordon Lightfoot fan! I'm glad I managed to see him in concert (Manchester 2016) before he passed away in 2023. My youngest son, Jonathan, came with me and it was a great show! We each bought a T-shirt. Jonathan has grown to be bigger than his old dad, so his T-shirt no longer fits him! He gave it to me, so I now have two!

    • @harrietbarbir8579
      @harrietbarbir8579 2 месяца назад

      @ I would have loved to have seen him- been a fan since my teens

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      @@harrietbarbir8579 👍

  • @clara.cheang
    @clara.cheang 2 месяца назад +2

    Excellent performance Robert! You always play and sing very well ❤❤❤

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for your very kind comment, Clara! Much appreciated! ❤

  • @EnzoRapacciuolo
    @EnzoRapacciuolo 2 месяца назад +3

    Super performance!

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you, Enzo! I appreciate your comment! 😊

  • @TonyMcGreal
    @TonyMcGreal 2 месяца назад +1

    Very good Robert 👍👍🎸🎸

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you, Tony! Glad you like this! 😊

  • @stevesguitarinstrumentals
    @stevesguitarinstrumentals 2 месяца назад +1

    Hi Robert, that was a great performance, Beautifully played and sung
    All the best Steve

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you for your kind comment, Steve! Glad you like this! 😊

  • @nealepinkney
    @nealepinkney 2 месяца назад +1

    So good Robert great performance you sound so good my friend 🎸🎸

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you for your kind words, my friend! Much appreciated! 😊

  • @mariomansuelli8967
    @mariomansuelli8967 2 месяца назад +1

    A beautiful cover as always! Thank you for introducing me to this great Canadian singer-songwriter, unfortunately little known in Italy.

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you Mario! Glad you like this! Gordon wrote some wonderful songs! 😊

  • @joseluiselvirad
    @joseluiselvirad 2 месяца назад +1

    Buen tema y magnífica interpretación, está muy muy bien Robert, enhorabuena una vez más y gracias desde Madrid

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you very much for your kind comment, my friend! I visited Madrid a few years ago with my eldest son, and we both loved it! We visited the Prado Art Gallery, among other places. 😊

  • @Jeffy732
    @Jeffy732 2 месяца назад +1

    God this was good robert. Love the chord progression in this song.you sang it so well too enjoyed listening

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you so much, Jeff! Glad you like this! 🙂

  • @daniel-co6dq
    @daniel-co6dq 2 месяца назад +1

    Great cover Robert ! i enjoyed a lot .
    Congratulations .
    Best regards Daniel

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you, Daniel! Much appreciated! 🙂👍

  • @forastico
    @forastico 2 месяца назад +1

    Amazing cover, Robert: I realy like Your singing and playing, well done!
    Congratulations and greetings from Italy

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you, my friend! I appreciate the comment! Greetings from a cold and snow-covered part of England! 👍

  • @allergyboys1817
    @allergyboys1817 2 месяца назад +1

    wonderful performance いいね

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you so much! I'm happy you like this! 😊💛

  • @JigsawPuzzleConnection
    @JigsawPuzzleConnection 2 месяца назад +1

    Awesome TFS.

  • @ernstvingerhoets
    @ernstvingerhoets 2 месяца назад +1

    great performance

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much! I'm glad you like this! 🙂

  • @d-3five161
    @d-3five161 2 месяца назад +1

    Very Cool Robert 😎

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you very much! Glad you like it! 😊

  • @tjeff51
    @tjeff51 2 месяца назад +1

    Very nice performance and cover. Great t-shirt.

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you, Jeff! I bought the T-shirt when I saw Gordon in concert on his final UK tour in 2016. Or it could be the one my youngest son bought (he went with me). My son has grown to be bigger than me since then, so he gave me his T-shirt! 😆

  • @nevenkovalentic
    @nevenkovalentic 2 месяца назад +1

    Hi Robert!
    Very beautiful song, wonderful performance!
    Regards...Nevenko

  • @DrewHughesMusic
    @DrewHughesMusic 2 месяца назад +1

    Great choice of song to cover. Sounds great!

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you so much! Glad you like this! 😊

  • @casciottisongs
    @casciottisongs 2 месяца назад +1

    Great song, nicely done

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад

      Thank you, Cas! I appreciate your kind comment! 🙂

  • @tomsmith5154
    @tomsmith5154 2 месяца назад +1

    Good stuff

  • @roberthaigh3206
    @roberthaigh3206  23 дня назад

    "Shadow self-portrait" photo by Robert Haigh.

  • @marshallmkerr
    @marshallmkerr 2 месяца назад +1

    Well, I regularly offer fresh bits of lettuce to a grateful little family of slugs who always somehow manage to take up residence under my refrigerator during winter months, but I'd definitely draw the line at rats. The slugs always go back outside in the springtime; so I think of them more as asylum-seekers, than parasites.

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      Slugs eh? We used to get them squeezing under our kitchen door during the night, when we lived in a semi-detached house. They would leave slimy trails on the tiled floor, but the slugs would be gone by the time we went downstairs in the morning. No such problems now because we live in an apartment, one floor up! Thanks for the visit, and the comment!

    • @marshallmkerr
      @marshallmkerr 2 месяца назад

      @@roberthaigh3206 They're a lot quieter and less destructive, than mice, anyway!

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      @@marshallmkerr Yes, I suppose so. Speaking of mice reminds me of when I was about 20-years of age and still living at home with my parents. We spotted a mouse in our house, on the upstairs landing. My father moved as quick as a flash, grabbing the first thing he could find to hand -- one of my shoes! -- but the mouse ran underneath the rug on the landing! It was like something out of a Tom & Jerry cartoon, as the mouse ran beneath the rug, raising it slightly as it travelled across. My father brought the heel of my shoe crashing down on the rug, above the mouse, several times! When he turned the rug over, the mouse was flattened, and a bloody mess! At least my shoe didn't get spattered! Poor mouse, but it was funny to witness! It turned out that the mouse had entered our house via next door's attic -- a bit like the rats in the rafters in Gordon Lightfoot's song! We called in pest control, who laid traps, but no other mice were ever found. 👞

    • @marshallmkerr
      @marshallmkerr 2 месяца назад +1

      @@roberthaigh3206 They'll definitely take over, if you don't put your foot (shoe) down! 🐁

    • @roberthaigh3206
      @roberthaigh3206  2 месяца назад +1

      @@marshallmkerr 😂🤣👍