LAST TIME I SAW HER, THE
(Gordon Lightfoot)

Gordon Lightfoot - 1968
Harry Belafonte - 1969
Johnny Mathis - 1970
Glen Campbell - 1971
Andy Williams - 1971
Telly Savalas - 1972



The last time I saw her face
Her eyes were bathed in starlight
And her hair hung long
The last time she spoke to me
Her lips were like the scented flowers
Inside a rain-drenched forest

But that was so long ago
That I can scarcely feel
The way I felt before
And if time could heal the wounds
I would tear the threads away
That I might bleed some more

The last time I walked with her
Her laughter was the steeple bells
That ring to greet the morning sun
A voice that called to everyone
To love the ground we walked upon
Those were the good days

The last time I held her hand
Her touch was Autumn
Spring and Summer, and Winter too
The last time I let go of her
She walked a way into the night
I lost her in the misty streets
A thousand months, a thousand years
When other lips will kiss her eyes
A million miles beyond the moon
That's where she is

The last time I saw her face
Her eyes were bathed in sadness
And she walked alone
The last time she kissed my cheek
Her lips were like the wilted leaves
Upon the autumn covered hills
Resting on the frozen ground
The seeds of love lie cold and still
Beneath a battered marking stone
It lies forgotten


(Contributed by Andy & Mogg - November 2002)
(Updated by Mel Priddle - October 2018)