gordon lightfoot
From Gord's album "Back Here on Earth" (1968). I first heard it from a compilation "Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle" in the early seventies. The song reminds me of one special girl from college, thus I play it rather often.
That girl and me have stayed in contact through more than fifty years. She got married with a friend of mine. She sure got a better deal, but the perfume still lingers on.
the perfume that she wore was from some little store
on the down side of town
but it lingered on long after she'd gone
I remember it well
and our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
and we came through a doorway somewhere in the night
her long flowing hair came softly undone
and it lay all around
and she brushed it down as I stood by her side
in the warmth of her love
and she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
and then we played a game only she could win
and she told me a riddle I'll never forget
then left with the answer I've never found yet
"how long" said she "can a moment like this
belong to someone
What's wrong ? what is right ? when to live or to die ?
we must almost be born
so if you should ask me what secrets I hide
I'm only your lover • don't make me decide"
the perfume that she wore was from some little store
on the down side of town
but it lingered on long after she'd gone
I remember it well
and she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
and then we played a game only she could win
and our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
and we came through a doorway somewhere in the night
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
C#m G#m7 F#m G#m the perfume that she wore was from some little store A B7 on the down side of town C#m G#m7 F#m G#m but it lingered on long after she'd gone A B7 I remember it well E B7sus4 A9 B7 and our fingers entwined like ribbons of light E Emaj7 A D B7 and we came through a doorway somewhere in the night
