Song for a winter's night . Gordon Lightfoot . (Live).

The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top
The snow is softly falling
The air is still in the silence of my room
I hear your voice softly calling

If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
On this winter night with you

The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
My glass is almost empty
I read again between the lines upon each page
The words of love you sent me

If I could know within my heart
That you were lonely too
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
On this winter night with you

The fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim
The shades of night are lifting
The morning light steals across my window pane
Where webs of snow are drifting

If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
On this winter night with you
And to be once again with you.

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[kwambam1]

Here in Vancouver on a bus, I asked a kid if I could have a glance at his English text book. I turned to the poetry section and was pleased to see the lyrics of a Lightfoot song -- that's significant!

[Gislaine S]

God love this man.. His songs are so magical to me.. I left Canada and now live in the Caribbean and thanks to the internet get to hear his voice and see his smiling face once again.. xo Darling

[swift73ify]

Just awesome!

[JDubs585]

Met him last year. He seemed very gentle but there was an intensity to him. Like someone with a lot of work to do against a deadline.

[Matt Thrun-Nowicki]

His voice had changed even back in the '80s, and gradually thereafter. Too many cigarettes and perhaps too much drinking. But this clip is from 1999, before his ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and stroke. I think the high life just took its toll on the man...

[indyvic]

And, for those people who want to be in love again. )

[Anne Campbell]

What year was this ?

[Andrew Lewitton]

a great song writer, a great song singer. glad to be of the same generation.

[spanx99]

He looks frail but his voice gets all the notes. Love you GL. What would it be like to create something that means so much to millions? Long life to you Gordon.

[Linda Howell]

this song gives me chills......and ironically I,m from Cleveland Ohio....

[Tipledan]

GL was like a light coming on for all of us wannabe folkers.

[Brian Pottie]

14 drooling simpletons did not like this.