Affair On 8th Avenue Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

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 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 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