Lakeside Park/Anthem Songtext
von Rush

Midway hawkers calling
Try your luck with me
Merry-go-round wheezing
The same old melody

A thousand ten cent wonders
Who could ask for more?
A pocketful of silver
The key to heaven′s door

Lakeside Park
Willows in the breeze
Lakeside Park
So many memories
Laughing rides
Midway lights
Shining stars on summer nights

Days of barefoot freedom
Racing with the waves
Nights of starlit secrets
Crackling driftwood flames


Drinking by the lighthouse
Smoking on the pier
Still we saw the magic
Was fading every year

Lakeside Park
Willows in the breeze
Lakeside Park
So many memories
Laughing rides
Midway lights
Shining stars on summer nights

Mister Alex Lifeson on lead guitar

Know your place in life is where you want to be
Don't let them tell you that you owe it all to me
Keep on looking forward, no use in looking ′round
Hold yourself above the crowd or they will bring you down

Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind
A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind
We marvel after those who sought
The wonders in the world
Wonders in the world they wrought


Well, I know they've always told you
Selfishness was wrong
Anyway, it was for me, not you
I came to write this song

Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind
A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind
We marvel after those who sought
The wonders in the world
Wonders in the world they wrought

Thank you so much
So great to be here