Lakeside Park (song)

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“Lakeside Park”
Song by Rush
Album	Caress of Steel
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	4:08
Label	Mercury Records
Writer	Lee and Lifeson Lyrics by Peart
Producer	Rush & Terry Brown
Caress of Steel track listing
"I Think I'm Going Bald" (2) “Lakeside Park” (3) "The Necromancer" (4)

Lakeside Park is the third song from Rush's third album Caress of Steel. The music was written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson and the lyrics were written by Neil Peart. The song details Peart's memories of many summers spent at the park.

The "Lakeside Park" is St. Catharine's, on Lake Ontario in Canada. Neil Peart lived very near Lakeside Park and spent summers as a child working and playing there.

The lyrics mention the "24th of May" which is Victoria Day, commemorating Queen Victoria's birthday.

Geddy Lee said in a 1993 interview for Raw magazine, "A lot of the early stuff I'm really proud of," he says. "Some of it sounds really goofy, but some of it stands up better than I gave it credit for. As weird as my voice sounds when I listen back, I certainly dig some of the arrangements. I can't go back beyond 2112 really, because that starts to get a bit hairy for me, and if I hear "Lakeside Park" on the radio I cringe. What a lousy song! Still, I don't regret anything that I've done!"