Not only is this my favorite Gordon Lightfoot song, it’s also one of my all time favorite songs. No one sings it like Gordon Lightfoot. A truly beautiful and heart-wrenching song. A classic.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written & performed. Still touches my heartsrings The last time I saw her was over 40 years ago as she flew away not to be seen again
One of the most beautiful songs ever written may God find aSpecial place in heaven for you !! You made our time on this planet much easier to bear being able to listen your music !! you truly were blessed by God to have that much talent Thank you for SHARING YOUR MUSIC WITH EVERYONE !! You’ll be sorely missed here on earth people with your kind of talent. Come only once in a lifetime. !! I’m lucky to have lived to hear your beautiful music. !! Thank you for all of the music.. SFJ
One of the greatest musicians, singers, composers that have ever walked upon this earth. I envy the people of Canada that they have one of the greatest wonders of the world. A true international treasure, wish him live 100 years and more and enthrall the people all over the world.
Gordon Lightfoot is Canada's gift to the world. This song always reminds me of a mother whose body failed far too soon. We are souls with bodies, not the other way around. Songs, lyrics, a voice like this make that so clear, they cut through the noise and bring peace.
I agree with you Katrine! This is a factual statement. He stands alone at the top for writing music with incredible meaning to real life situations, he then puts it into a song that comes straight from his heart, straight into ours, there are very people that can mesmerize you with their music, Gordon Lightfoot is one of them and simply the best! Love You Gordon!
Comment was more towards what Peter Fuchs said, but was an In My Opinion, there are comparables to Gordon, where as you said not.... but you as well as I are entitled to an opinion...:)
Such a beautiful song ! A truly heartbreaking description of a mistake I made some 35 years ago , and how I still feel . The saddest words of tongue or pen tell of things that might have been...
Vietnam killed a lot more than soldier it killed dreams to. Now I never have truly regretted my service to my country. But I have always wondered what life might of been like. As some one wrote, " The saddest words of tongue or pen, is it might have been.
Gordon always sends you to a place that you swore you would never go again. Those far away memory places. Sometimes sad sometimes so painful sometimes just fleeing dreams that you will never see again.
recently My 🐈 and I spent the entire night, dusk to dawn listening to , Gordon s songs.She has a strong grasp of the emotional aspect of music Each hour got us closer to the song theme. she 🐈 and I were strongly bonded as the eastern sky began to pinken. We watched
Red Shea was as much a part of Gordon Lightfoot's music as the lyrics and Gordon's unerring rhythm. What a pair made in heaven. Never a better duo that so completely matched and enhanced each other.
I agree and disagree. How about Jim Croce and Maury? Phenomenal guitar work! Where Gordon really excelled, for me, was in incorporating a pedal steel guitar, played by another musical genius. That instrument is not common to folk or Canadian music. Why did Gordon avail himself of its special brilliance? No, there never will be such moments of musical genius again. Thank God that WE lived contemporaneous with them.
@@waynesanchez6504 I agree, to a point. I liked Jim Croce, but his music never touched me like GL's music did. Croce's music spoke about love and many current (at that time) things, but I don' think it dealt with issues as much as GL's music. Just my own take.
One of the greats, and unappreciated, great talent, gifted song writer and lovely voice Has always been one of favorites, sings from the heart, thanks Gordon for sharing your talent and bringing so many people joy.
Many years ago I first heard his wonderful voice, and now after a lifelong enjoyment of so many singers and songs and so many musicians, I return to Gordon Lightfoot and realise he is simply the astonishing best of them all. He is not just the voice of Canada, he is the voice of the twentieth century world.
Romantic over the top........... poetic lyrics which always equate with Gordon Lightfoot ! Goes deep down into the fragile layers of profound lost love. TY Mr. Lightfoot ! You came from a far away galaxy and have blessed us here on earth. ........ from a fan of yours for 50 years, here in the Colorado Rockies.
Yes, there is lost Love exactly so in reality. " A Tout Jamais " is what she and I pledged together. Yes, "she is a million miles beyond the moon". Perhaps it can only be exactly so for Soul Mates. Eternal truths Gordon Lightfoot made crystal clear, which touched my heart and soul; rest in peace Gordon Lightfoot.
Damn it! He left us. I dreaded that day for a long time. I was fortunate to see him in concert 3 times. I got to touch the sleeve of his flannel shirt when he was in Boise Idaho in the 1980's. So grateful am I for his life and his many gifts. He was so generous with them. I do not think I could have survived this life without his music.❤
I first heard this on the old United Artists recordings in the late 60s, I think. His voice was just pristine in those days and 40 years later, that heartfelt vibrato still gets to me! This song and Affair on 8th Avenue were sung in the same time period. Gorgeous, gorgeous voice. My husband and I saw him in concert in El Paso in 1976 and we were both amazed that the musicianship was absolutely perfect.
I believe this is Gordon's most beautiful song, words & music speak to my heart & soul. It reminds me of the love of my life, also Canadian, whom I still miss. It has been nearly 30 years & never a day goes by that I don't think of him. Missing you & loving you forever & ever, Mel.
I was married for 27 years and with her for 33 years, apart for 7 now, i still see her everyday although we are not romantically involved anymore, she is the love of my life and my heart hurts always, this song makes me tear up, Gordon's music touches your heart, he is one of the most emotionally profound singer/songwriters to have ever lived, God Bless you Gordon, Love You Brother!
Peter Fuchs,You're not alone.I feel & live your pain everyday,even after 20 years this year(2017). I too see her all too often in this small town we both live in.I still her as much/more as I did then....
Speedy Petey I understand what you’re going through. But like Gordon’s past relationships it’s best to Stop seeing her . Try to move ahead and hold just the memory and photos . Perhaps you will meet someone new , different when you Least expect it .... listen to Robin Trower’s Daydream
My favourite Gordon Lightfoot song. Just the most beautiful lyrics. He is an incredible wordsmith. I've been a fan since seeing him on a BBC TV series which he presented in the very early 1960s.
A great song. I thank God that the last time I saw "her" was a few minutes ago when she said "Good night." I think how close I was 45 years ago to letting her go, I shudder.
When you cant save someone from themselves, it is too much to bare, but Gord says it so perfectly and heals the wounds. Thank you Canada for this wonderful gift. He will live long after he is gone,
Terry Clements was such an artist with his guitar, mandolin and even banjo. Always missed the steel guitar after Pee-Wee retired. I miss them all. Blessings to Rick Haynes.
This is the equivalent of "being stabbed" almost mortally. Yet I listen again and again. It is a masterpiece, and my comments are wholly inadequate. It is the perfect tragic love song.
I just discovered this song, and I have to say, this might be one of the greatest songs ever written. “A million miles beyond the moon, that’s where she is”
TH-cam's got my number. I've been binging on Gordon Lightfoot for 3 days. But in all, more like 43 years. 43 beautiful years. ❤️ him to the moon and back.
The absolute peak of one of our greatest treasures singing his masterpiece..Everytime I play my Guild F-212 twelve string, I think of all the Lightfoot songs I have sang on stage over 40 years... But when I hear this song, I think of the biggest mistake I made in my life in 1979, to choose a path that would cost me my soul mate who I still love more than anyone ever..This tune still stabs my heart and obviously, not alone in that feeling.. Thank You Gordon Lightfoot for your genius and Heart..
Most heartbreaking song I've ever heard. The last time I saw her face, she was crying the most bitter tears, and I didn't know why. We were in love, I was 20, she 18, I American, she Canadian. Then the letters stopped coming. Found out a year later that the last time I saw her face, she was pregnant, not with my child. The pain has never stopped, and I've never married. Now I'm 61 and I still see her face in the night sky, against the moon. I still love you, Elaine, and all is forgiven. -Dan
@Nomo Never wasted any time, except dating hundreds of girls that I spent a lot of time and money on in my misspent youth. Graduated from college (university), went to grad school, taught college, got honorary discharges from two branches of the service, played hockey, did mma, skydiving, traveled the world, highly decorated for service at NSA, rescued approximately 100 cats and 1,000 dogs, also rehabilitated birds, plus I've helped a bunch of other animals and continue to do so. And I've only just begun.
Dan, I am fighting tears as I read your thoughts. It's clear your heart was badly broken. Try to stay bright, my friend. I too have experienced profound sadness, mostly because of my own selfishness and poor judgment. About all I can say is... sometimes things just don't work out. Your willingness to forgive is golden; I will pray that God may lead you to Elaine, if not in this life, then on the other side. Peace, man.
It was the summer of 1971 and I was home after completing my first year of College. During my freshman year I fell head over heals in love for the very first time, and had my heart broken when she decided to return to her first love. Glen Campbell recorded his own version of the gut wrenching song and it played many times over and over all summer. I can't tell anyone how many times I cried when this song played. It has taken over 50 yrs. to find a love again like Jane and I am grateful for my blessing with my beautiful Linda. But there are times that I wonder about Jane. I wonder if she is still alive and/or if going back to her first love was what she needed. Few of us know when we are young what we really need in a partner and lover. But I did learn a great deal with her about my needs. I can only wonder if she did as well. I'll be 72 this year and hearing this song always brings back strong memories. Which version is best? Gordon wrote it and I feel that he sings it best, but Glen's is also damn good.
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but Gord is an artist who paints pictures w/ words. Amazing that one man could write so many great songs, and this is one of his best. 12/23/2013
keexkwaan Pierce Nice to find someone else who shares a love of the music of Gordon Lightfoot. This is to suggest you listen to Dougie MacLean, 'Hide in the Wind'. I think you will like it.
How beautiful is this song. I remember hearing it when I was so young, and believing this was the truth of loving.And now 40 yrs later it moves me so and I've never met that person. But I still believe this is the essense of true love. Thankyou Gordon, I feel we are best friends, though we have never met. My greatest wish was to see you in concert. I live in Australia and I don't think you have been here, Thankyou for the music. You have been the soundtrack of my life.
Listening to this song reminds me of a girl I once knew.. She was 19 and I was 22.. The most attractive girl I ever met..and I never told her. I miss you Louise.. For a short while in my life I felt incredibly happy.
GL is just a treasure.......every song means something real. I've loved his music since the very first song of his I heard in the late sixties............and more so today than ever!!
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 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. The last time I saw her face, her eyes were bathed in sadness 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.
This song is true genius! My first wife and I strayed and split over dumb things - I was the dumb one - this song tells that sad, sad story almost exactly.... how I would love a 2nd chance to do it right !
I lost my husband and son to a drowning 20 yrs ago..and every time I hear this song I think of them...Gordon is the ONLY singer/songwriter I listen to his music touches your soul and everyone of his songs can be applied to your life in some way.
I've heard that Lightfoot scoffs at praise, odd, for a man who for all these many, many years lit up and enriched the background of my life with the best ballads I've ever heard.
I remember him holding me tight when I left the green room and called the next day. I could not go see him because I was married but looking back, I wish I did. I adore this guy and I interviewed him in Indiana six years ago and I wanted to cry. Where did our youth go? He is still here and so am I . that is real
I played this song every night when the one I loved moved away, I could not imagine life without her, I was such a painful separation. I could not visit her because I started to suffer with Fibromyalgia, I could only speak to her on the phone. A year later I made a visit an now we are married, my life was happy again,
Fabulously lovely song "The Last Time I Saw Her Face" is a touching song about Gordon's father's sister, who died in a fire......such a tragically beautiful tribute. But it could be about anyone's love for a love of one's life that was lost. What a truly amazingly exquisite song writer he is and always will be.
This was the first GL song I heard, on a folk-music radio show in LA, when I was 18 in 1968. The heart-rending lyrics are so descriptive and poetic that they affect me in the same way (and in new ways) after listening to the song a hundred times in 55 years. Great to hear this live version, and I usually liked PeeWee Russell on pedal steel, but it was a bit overbearing on this track. I read once that Gord was sometimes annoyed by his loud and intrusive playing.
I was just 21, and the last time i saw his face and that smile, I still loved him, but his suicide took him a million miles beyond the moon.......Gordy, I feel sometimes you write songs that break our hearts but, you have been there too.
i was on my way to this concert when I got the flu. I was so in love with this voice i would have showed up sick but I thought maybe that maybe I would get this beautiful man infected. So I spent three days in a hotel having my head held by a friendwas also a fan of this gorgeous man. thank you Andres.
The first time this song ripped my heart her name was Julie. Now, 35 years later, her name was Susan and the agony of each word tears through my soul like the first time. I wonder at the pure genius of producing songs that can grab your very soul by the throat like this - the uniformity of the human condition called love and loss ...
I had a very good and dear friend that was killed in an auto accident. I spoke with her just days before, and this song brings her lovely face to my mind. She was like a little sister and I loved her very much and will always miss her. God bless you Sandy, I'll see you again some day.
This song was read aloud at a sad funeral of a lady named Trudy Blevins who died of cancer at the age of 53 after an 8 yr battle in stage four cancer. Trudys husband had the song read out loud. I have known Danny & Trudy Blevins since 1988. They were happily married around 33 yrs. So sad. This was always one of Dannys favorite songs.
The lyrics (if you read them) shows what someone is capable of putting together, having experienced the emotion. This man has written many songs, The Circle is Small - a favourite. Stunning lyrics in a song, a rare gift.
This voice is too beautiful for words and how he creates visions with his lyrics has always been a mystery to me. But, so wonderful that he can and does.
His sings beautfiully, he plays the guitar beautifully, he writes beautiful melody and beautiful lyrics. I have never seen another artist as talented as Gordon Lightfoot.
Gordon lightfoot is the best,at a very young age the first song i knew by heart was Alberta Bound........He is the the most soulfull artis/singer i have ever heard
So very glad that I had the opportunity to that truly talented man live in Keene NH. I have my ticket stubs but can't remember the date off hand! Thank you so very much Mr. Lightfoot. Much Love from a great friend and fan in N.H. AFA, DON B
You got that right James, Perfectly said. Going to see him in 18 days in Barrie, Ontario. 2019. Saw for his 80th birthday in Orillia. Have been seeing him in concert since the mid 70s, mainly at Massey Hall and Orillia, but other places too.
The first time i heard this song, it was sung by Glen Campbell, who BTW does a great job with it...Gordon lightfoot always has such meaning with his songs, always makes you think, and feel good too....
+mark stuart Dittos, Mark. One of those songs you can remember exactly where you were when you first heard it. With me it was Glen's version, about 1973, then when I "discovered" the great Gordon Lightfoot a few years later it made me appreciate the song even more.
To Mark Stuart, Nice photo of DW. He's one of my all-time favorites, too. He, & Carl, both. -------Glen's version has the fantastic orchestral arrangement by Al DeLory, so it's tough to compare the 2 versions. Glen is still my personal favorite, though I own both. ----------------WolfSky9, 71 y/o
Hauntingly beautiful. He is a true master of delicate and moving lyrics. This song touches us on so many levels that it ties together our most personal and innermost emotions on lost relationships. Gordon Lightfoot is a craftsman. Eric
pure and honest to break even the hardest heart. Gordon will always be the most prefect interpreter of how to love, lose and still come through the other end with hope to love again.
So very truly it can be, and was so long ago and far away. Soul mates are never forgotten no matter what life may bring the truth of these verses is crystal clear... 'A Tout Jamais.
I have to listen to this with my eyes closed, it is so powerful. RIP My favorite man
Allow me to second that, Andie. So sad he's gone. But so glad he was here. "A painter, passing through."
We may see him in The New World?😊😊😊
Not only is this my favorite Gordon Lightfoot song, it’s also one of my all time favorite songs. No one sings it like Gordon Lightfoot. A truly beautiful and heart-wrenching song. A classic.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written & performed. Still touches my heartsrings
The last time I saw her was over 40 years ago as she flew away not to be seen again
One of the most beautiful songs ever written may God find aSpecial place in heaven for you !! You made our time on this planet much easier to bear being able to listen your music !! you truly were blessed by God to have that much talent Thank you for SHARING YOUR MUSIC WITH EVERYONE !!
You’ll be sorely missed here on earth people with your kind of talent. Come only once in a lifetime. !!
I’m lucky to have lived to hear your beautiful music. !!
Thank you for all of the music.. SFJ
A poet warrior of epic proportions very underrated one of the best songwriters of all time!
What kind of heart is capable of writing this masterpiece of emotion?? My God! What a writer/musician/ singer. Bless you Gordon Lightfoot.
My favourite of his songs. Heartbreakingly beautiful & so haunting.
What a SONG. Simply the best ever done in this style of music. RIP Gordon, we will miss you terribly, but we will always have your music.
One of the greatest musicians, singers, composers that have ever walked upon this earth. I envy the people of Canada that they have one of the greatest wonders of the world. A true international treasure, wish him live 100 years and more and enthrall the people all over the world.
Lightfoot is the mistrel KING
Gordon Lightfoot is Canada's gift to the world. This song always reminds me of a mother whose body failed far too soon. We are souls with bodies, not the other way around. Songs, lyrics, a voice like this make that so clear, they cut through the noise and bring peace.
Just about the most beautiful song ever. He stands alone as the best lyricist. He is simply incomparable as a singer songwriter!
I agree with you Katrine! This is a factual statement. He stands alone at the top for writing music with incredible meaning to real life situations, he then puts it into a song that comes straight from his heart, straight into ours, there are very people that can mesmerize you with their music, Gordon Lightfoot is one of them and simply the best! Love You Gordon!
Listen to Paul Simon, and Jimmy Webb's songs.....
Paul Simon
I'm well aware of all the great ones Mark.
Comment was more towards what Peter Fuchs said, but was an In My Opinion, there are comparables to Gordon, where as you said not.... but you as well as I are entitled to an opinion...:)
His voice in this beautiful song is of outer space. And the guitar of Red is beyond belief. R.I.P. genius.
Such a beautiful song ! A truly heartbreaking description of a mistake I made some 35 years ago , and how I still feel . The saddest words of tongue or pen tell of things that might have been...
Yes, eternally unforgettable, Soul Mates are so Guillermo.
Mine was 50 years ago and I can still feel the pain.
Vietnam killed a lot more than soldier it killed dreams to. Now I never have truly regretted my service to my country. But I have always wondered what life might of been like. As some one wrote, " The saddest words of tongue or pen, is it might have been.
Gordon always sends you to a place that you swore you would never go again. Those far away memory places. Sometimes sad sometimes so painful sometimes just fleeing dreams that you will never see again.
Very well said James
There will never be another Gordon Lightfoot. His music not only touches you, it holds you. Jim Knott
@@brianyoung3 Yes,James really got something there
recently My 🐈 and I spent the entire night, dusk to dawn listening to , Gordon s songs.She has a strong grasp of the emotional aspect of music Each hour got us closer to the song theme. she 🐈 and I were strongly bonded as the eastern sky began to pinken. We watched
Spot on James
Red Shea was as much a part of Gordon Lightfoot's music as the lyrics and Gordon's unerring rhythm. What a pair made in heaven. Never a better duo that so completely matched and enhanced each other.
John any closer & you'd been off.
And John Stockfish
I’ve echoed your remarks so many times. Red and John were the completion of Gordon’s magic.
I agree and disagree. How about Jim Croce and Maury? Phenomenal guitar work! Where Gordon really excelled, for me, was in incorporating a pedal steel guitar, played by another musical genius. That instrument is not common to folk or Canadian music. Why did Gordon avail himself of its special brilliance? No, there never will be such moments of musical genius again. Thank God that WE lived contemporaneous with them.
@@waynesanchez6504 I agree, to a point. I liked Jim Croce, but his music never touched me like GL's music did. Croce's music spoke about love and many current (at that time) things, but I don' think it dealt with issues as much as GL's music. Just my own take.
There will never be a more beautiful inspiring song of love lost. Brilliantly performed
R.I.P. GORD, YOU'LL BE MUCH MISSED...Love a Long time, forever fan...
I think this is the most achingly beautiful song I have ever heard!
This song blows me away. I have never been able to sing it, because it goes right through me. What a writer!
absolute pure poetry! "If time would heal the wounds I would tear the threads away so I could bleed again" ooooh Gordon!
There will never be another Gordon Lightfoot. His music not only touches you, it holds you. Jim Knott
Absolutely beautiful
One of the greats, and unappreciated, great talent, gifted song writer and lovely voice
Has always been one of favorites, sings from the heart, thanks Gordon for sharing your talent and bringing so many people joy.
Many years ago I first heard his wonderful voice, and now after a lifelong enjoyment of so many singers and songs and so many musicians, I return to Gordon Lightfoot and realise he is simply the astonishing best of them all. He is not just the voice of Canada, he is the voice of the twentieth century world.
Romantic over the top........... poetic lyrics which always equate with Gordon Lightfoot ! Goes deep down into the fragile layers of profound lost love. TY Mr. Lightfoot ! You came from a far away galaxy and have blessed us here on earth. ........ from a fan of yours for 50 years, here in the Colorado Rockies.
candy nichols Gordon Lightfoot Now lives in Forest Hill Toronto, He is one of a kind .
What a great song, and that voice, incredible!
Gord Downiest was a talented man but to my generation (I am 68) there is only one Gordon
Yes, there is lost Love exactly so in reality. " A Tout Jamais " is what she and I pledged together. Yes, "she is a million miles beyond the moon". Perhaps it can only be exactly so for Soul Mates. Eternal truths Gordon Lightfoot made crystal clear, which touched my heart and soul; rest in peace Gordon Lightfoot.
Damn it! He left us. I dreaded that day for a long time. I was fortunate to see him in concert 3 times. I got to touch the sleeve of his flannel shirt when he was in Boise Idaho in the 1980's. So grateful am I for his life and his many gifts. He was so generous with them. I do not think I could have survived this life without his music.❤
I first heard this on the old United Artists recordings in the late 60s, I think. His voice was just pristine in those days and 40 years later, that heartfelt vibrato still gets to me! This song and Affair on 8th Avenue were sung in the same time period. Gorgeous, gorgeous voice. My husband and I saw him in concert in El Paso in 1976 and we were both amazed that the musicianship was absolutely perfect.
One the most beautiful songs ever written..glen Campbell does a beautiful version
I believe this is Gordon's most beautiful song, words & music speak to my heart & soul. It reminds me of the love of my life, also Canadian, whom I still miss. It has been nearly 30 years & never a day goes by that I don't think of him. Missing you & loving you forever & ever, Mel.
The most stirring lost-love poetry ever sung.
I was married for 27 years and with her for 33 years, apart for 7 now, i still see her everyday although we are not romantically involved anymore, she is the love of my life and my heart hurts always, this song makes me tear up, Gordon's music touches your heart, he is one of the most emotionally profound singer/songwriters to have ever lived, God Bless you Gordon, Love You Brother!
Peter Fuchs
I Hope your heart heals someday Peter!
Peter Fuchs,You're not alone.I feel & live your pain everyday,even after 20 years this year(2017). I too see her all too often in this small town we both live in.I still her as much/more as I did then....
I feel you, brother! I miss my love (Danielle S) the same.
Speedy Petey I understand what you’re going through. But like Gordon’s past relationships it’s best to Stop seeing her . Try to move ahead and hold just the memory and photos . Perhaps you will meet someone new , different when you Least expect it .... listen to Robin Trower’s Daydream
Song always reminds me of my late wife, who died at 46...10 yrs ago. I've since remarried but this song always gives me pause
God created Gordon Lightfoot, then, broke the mold, no one can match up to him. Love all his music as it touches all of us in the deepest sense.
Totally and completely agree!
In his early years he possessed a divine gift tha enabled him to write beautiful
emotional lyrics and set them to music.
keexkwaan Pierce so true
Lightfoot is the KING!
Couldn't agree more, Keexkwaan, couldn't agree more.
My favourite Gordon Lightfoot song.
Just the most beautiful lyrics. He is an incredible wordsmith.
I've been a fan since seeing him on a BBC TV series which he presented in the very early 1960s.
Katrine Paterson these Lightfoot songs just make me want to cry.
That's when I discovered him,
Me too
A great song. I thank God that the last time I saw "her" was a few minutes ago when she said "Good night." I think how close I was 45 years ago to letting her go, I shudder.
Very touching thank you for that Darrel
Yeah. My 7th grade Music teacher got me hooked on Gordon Lightfoot music with The Ballad of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
When you cant save someone from themselves, it is too much to bare, but Gord says it so perfectly and heals the wounds. Thank you Canada for this wonderful gift. He will live long after he is gone,
Terry Clements was such an artist with his guitar, mandolin and even banjo.
Always missed the steel guitar after Pee-Wee retired.
I miss them all. Blessings to Rick Haynes.
This is the equivalent of "being stabbed" almost mortally. Yet I listen again and again. It is a masterpiece, and my comments are wholly inadequate. It is the perfect tragic love song.
This gifted artist knows in his soul...about deep love. Thank you for touching us.
The best ever.the lyrics are beautiful and simply heavenly and poetic. Pure joy.
Gordon Lightfoot’s music always brings out the best in you.
I just discovered this song, and I have to say, this might be one of the greatest songs ever written.
“A million miles beyond the moon, that’s where she is”
TH-cam's got my number. I've been binging on Gordon Lightfoot for 3 days. But in all, more like 43 years. 43 beautiful years. ❤️ him to the moon and back.
The absolute peak of one of our greatest treasures singing his masterpiece..Everytime I play my Guild F-212 twelve string, I think of all the Lightfoot songs I have sang on stage over 40 years... But when I hear this song, I think of the biggest mistake I made in my life in 1979, to choose a path that would cost me my soul mate who I still love more than anyone ever..This tune still stabs my heart and obviously, not alone in that feeling.. Thank You Gordon Lightfoot for your genius and Heart..
Most heartbreaking song I've ever heard. The last time I saw her face, she was crying the most bitter tears, and I didn't know why. We were in love, I was 20, she 18, I American, she Canadian. Then the letters stopped coming. Found out a year later that the last time I saw her face, she was pregnant, not with my child. The pain has never stopped, and I've never married. Now I'm 61 and I still see her face in the night sky, against the moon. I still love you, Elaine, and all is forgiven. -Dan
@Nomo Never wasted any time, except dating hundreds of girls that I spent a lot of time and money on in my misspent youth. Graduated from college (university), went to grad school, taught college, got honorary discharges from two branches of the service, played hockey, did mma, skydiving, traveled the world, highly decorated for service at NSA, rescued approximately 100 cats and 1,000 dogs, also rehabilitated birds, plus I've helped a bunch of other animals and continue to do so. And I've only just begun.
Dan, I am fighting tears as I read your thoughts. It's clear your heart was badly broken. Try to stay bright, my friend. I too have experienced profound sadness, mostly because of my own selfishness and poor judgment. About all I can say is... sometimes things just don't work out. Your willingness to forgive is golden; I will pray that God may lead you to Elaine, if not in this life, then on the other side. Peace, man.
Maybe you will see her in the afterlife
You’re a messed up dude, dude
It was the summer of 1971 and I was home after completing my first year of College. During my freshman year I fell head over heals in love for the very first time, and had my heart broken when she decided to return to her first love. Glen Campbell recorded his own version of the gut wrenching song and it played many times over and over all summer. I can't tell anyone how many times I cried when this song played. It has taken over 50 yrs. to find a love again like Jane and I am grateful for my blessing with my beautiful Linda. But there are times that I wonder about Jane. I wonder if she is still alive and/or if going back to her first love was what she needed. Few of us know when we are young what we really need in a partner and lover. But I did learn a great deal with her about my needs. I can only wonder if she did as well. I'll be 72 this year and hearing this song always brings back strong memories. Which version is best? Gordon wrote it and I feel that he sings it best, but Glen's is also damn good.
I miss my Joanne. Still miss her 48 years since the day she went a million miles beyond the moon.
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but Gord is an artist who paints pictures w/ words. Amazing that one man could write so many great songs, and this is one of his best. 12/23/2013
Absolutely, Absolute.
keexkwaan Pierce
Nice to find someone else who shares a love of the music of Gordon Lightfoot. This is to suggest you listen to Dougie MacLean, 'Hide in the Wind'. I think you will like it.
Music and songs such as this one have such a powerful emotional impact. The last time I saw her. Jesus....
How beautiful is this song. I remember hearing it when I was so young, and believing this was the truth of loving.And now 40 yrs later it moves me so and I've never met that person. But I still believe this is the essense of true love. Thankyou Gordon, I feel we are best friends, though we have never met. My greatest wish was to see you in concert. I live in Australia and I don't think you have been here, Thankyou for the music. You have been the soundtrack of my life.
it would be very difficult to say this is one of his best, they are all the best
Listening to this song reminds me of a girl I once knew..
She was 19 and I was 22..
The most attractive girl I ever met..and I never told her.
I miss you Louise..
For a short while in my life I felt incredibly happy.
GL is just a treasure.......every song means something real. I've loved his music since the very first song of his I heard in the late sixties............and more so today than ever!!
Loved the tune since 68 with touching melody and lyrics tks for sharing
the last time i saw her was 50 years ago and still love her
Beautiful and unforgettably touching. Love you Gordon Lightfoot. You are the best.
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 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.
The last time I saw her face,
her eyes were bathed in sadness
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.
shyamalkumar das changed some words?
This song is true genius! My first wife and I strayed and split over dumb things - I was the dumb one - this song tells that sad, sad story almost exactly.... how I would love a 2nd chance to do it right !
I lost my husband and son to a drowning 20 yrs ago..and every time I hear this song I think of them...Gordon is the ONLY singer/songwriter I listen to his music touches your soul and everyone of his songs can be applied to your life in some way.
Touching...memories.... the long lost love, that can never be relived.
I've heard that Lightfoot scoffs at praise, odd, for a man who for all these many, many years lit up and enriched the background of my life with the best ballads I've ever heard.
I have and was emotionally slaughtered, by this song and the aftermath for years and years.
I remember him holding me tight when I left the green room and called the next day. I could not go see him because I was married but looking back, I wish I did. I adore this guy and I interviewed him in Indiana six years ago and I wanted to cry. Where did our youth go? He is still here and so am I . that is real
I played this song every night when the one I loved moved away, I could not imagine life without her, I was such a painful separation. I could not visit her because I started to suffer with Fibromyalgia, I could only speak to her on the phone. A year later I made a visit an now we are married, my life was happy again,
Was in a pit of darkness today until I heard this. Lovely.
Can't stop listening to this one lately, driving in the rain, MAGICAL.
Fabulously lovely song "The Last Time I Saw Her Face" is a touching song about Gordon's father's sister, who died in a fire......such a tragically beautiful tribute. But it could be about anyone's love for a love of one's life that was lost. What a truly amazingly exquisite song writer he is and always will be.
Love this song so much!❤❤❤❤❤
This was the first GL song I heard, on a folk-music radio show in LA, when I was 18 in 1968. The heart-rending lyrics are so descriptive and poetic that they affect me in the same way (and in new ways) after listening to the song a hundred times in 55 years. Great to hear this live version, and I usually liked PeeWee Russell on pedal steel, but it was a bit overbearing on this track. I read once that Gord was sometimes annoyed by his loud and intrusive playing.
I was just 21, and the last time i saw his face and that smile, I still loved him, but his suicide took him a million miles beyond the moon.......Gordy, I feel sometimes you write songs that break our hearts but, you have been there too.
He didn't commit suicide.
Hey... dingbat. K. Pierce was referring to her love, not gordon lightfoot.
thanks, Kyle, you are so perceptive, you're right. Drugs were his downfall, he was so handsome and had a lovely personality.
keexkwaan Pierce
Gordon wrote this song from a personal experience
i was on my way to this concert when I got the flu. I was so in love with this voice i would have showed up sick but I thought maybe that maybe I would get this beautiful man infected. So I spent three days in a hotel having my head held by a friendwas also a fan of this gorgeous man. thank you Andres.
The first time this song ripped my heart her name was Julie.
Now, 35 years later, her name was Susan and the agony of each word tears through my soul like the first time. I wonder at the pure genius of producing songs that can grab your very soul by the throat like this - the uniformity of the human condition called love and loss ...
I had a very good and dear friend that was killed in an auto accident. I spoke with her just days before, and this song brings her lovely face to my mind. She was like a little sister and I loved her very much and will always miss her. God bless you Sandy, I'll see you again some day.
So many great songs, but this is one of them by Gordon Lightfoot.. Thank You for posting...
This really touched me, we are the same age..lost the love of my life over a year ago, thank God my faith gets me through. So sorry!!
Was fortunate enough to hear the great man perform this song live. Wanted to ask who was the inspiration for this song. Thank you Canada.
Wow!! All I can say is just Wow, what a beautiful song 😮👍❤️
This song was read aloud at a sad funeral of a lady named Trudy Blevins who died of cancer at the age of 53 after an 8 yr battle in stage four cancer. Trudys husband had the song read out loud. I have known Danny & Trudy Blevins since 1988. They were happily married around 33 yrs. So sad. This was always one of Dannys favorite songs.
The lyrics (if you read them) shows what someone is capable of putting together, having experienced the emotion. This man has written many songs, The Circle is Small - a favourite. Stunning lyrics in a song, a rare gift.
The voice....the haunting face...tears that won't end... tomorrow comes...and the last night never ends
Gordon just tugs at the heartstrings with this song
This voice is too beautiful for words and how he creates visions with his lyrics has always been a mystery to me. But, so wonderful that he can and does.
His sings beautfiully, he plays the guitar beautifully, he writes beautiful melody and beautiful lyrics. I have never seen another artist as talented as Gordon Lightfoot.
Beautiful song with captivating voice, music and lyrics. Glen Campbell too sang it very well.
Just Magical!!! One of my favorite if not my most favorite male vocalists ever!!!!!!!!!
Keep it going we lost a Legend today thank you❤
He is the best, thank's for a great post. The first time we saw Gordi was in 1967 in Los Angeles, he was great. Thanks again.
I adore Gordon Lightfoot.... and all his songs.......!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gordon lightfoot is the best,at a very young age the first song i knew by heart was Alberta Bound........He is the the most soulfull artis/singer i have ever heard
I let the love of my life 'walk away' some forty years ago and I regret it everyday.
So very glad that I had the opportunity to that truly talented man live in Keene NH. I have my ticket stubs but can't remember the date off hand! Thank you so very much Mr. Lightfoot. Much Love from a great friend and fan in N.H.
AFA,
DON B
You got that right James, Perfectly said. Going to see him in 18 days in Barrie, Ontario. 2019. Saw for his 80th birthday in Orillia. Have been seeing him in concert since the mid 70s, mainly at Massey Hall and Orillia, but other places too.
The first time i heard this song, it was sung by Glen Campbell, who BTW does a great job with it...Gordon lightfoot always has such meaning with his songs, always makes you think, and feel good too....
+mark stuart Dittos, Mark. One of those songs you can remember exactly where you were when you first heard it. With me it was Glen's version, about 1973, then when I "discovered" the great Gordon Lightfoot a few years later it made me appreciate the song even more.
mark stuart paint it black by the rolling stones
To Mark Stuart, Nice photo of DW. He's one of my all-time favorites, too. He, & Carl, both. -------Glen's version has the fantastic orchestral arrangement by Al DeLory, so it's tough to compare the 2 versions. Glen is still my personal favorite, though I own both. ----------------WolfSky9, 71 y/o
Nobody delivers a song like Gordon. He's totally into every song with mind, body and soul.
Hauntingly beautiful. He is a true master of delicate and moving lyrics. This song touches us on so many levels that it ties together our most personal and innermost emotions on lost relationships. Gordon Lightfoot is a craftsman.
Eric
Love lost....years pass.....my heart still breaks, tears still fall, passion unfulfilled......such soft pain. Bless you Gord......
a little more magic in a lost world
pure and honest to break even the hardest heart. Gordon will always be the most prefect interpreter of how to love, lose and still come through the other end with hope to love again.
So very truly it can be, and was so long ago and far away. Soul mates are never forgotten no matter what life may bring the truth of these verses is crystal clear... 'A Tout Jamais.
it's just that inherent angst ..tinged with sadness, along with his beautiful voice that takes us soaring~~ indescribable