The Last Time I Saw Her Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

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 day 

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 

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 saw her face 

Her eyes were bathed in starlight 

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