All the Lovely Ladies (1988 Version) Gordon Lightfoot

[Verse 1]
All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
I wish that I could know them one by one
All the handsome gentlemen with lovin' on their minds
Strolling in to take the ladies home

[Chorus]
Bless you all and keep you in the road to tenderness
Heaven can be yours just for now

[Verse 2]
All your gentle strangers who by nature do not smile
To everyone who cannot hold a pen
All you heavy rounders with a headache for your pains
Who dread the thought of goin' 'round the bеnd

[Chorus]
Bless you all and keep you on the road to bettеr things
Heaven can be yours just for now

[Verse 3]
All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
I wish that I could kiss you while you knit
To all the ones who learn to live with bein' second-guessed
Whose job it is to give more than they get