Written by , Gordon Lightfoot
Em D Am Bm C D The perfume that she wore was from some little store on the down side of town. Em D Am Bm C D But it lingered on long after she?d gone, I remember it well. G D C D And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light, G Em Am F D And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night. Her long flowing hair came softly undone in a pile 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 And 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? For to live or to die,? ?We all must be born.? So, if you should ask me what secrets I hide, I?m only your lover, don?t make me decide! The perfume 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.
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