Affair On 8th Avenue Lyrics

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

Gordon Lightfoot - Did She Mention My Name/Back Here On Earth

Feb 2002

1. Did She Mention My Name
2. Wherefor And Why
3. Last Time I Saw Her, The
4. Black Day In July
5. May I
6. Magnificent Outpouring
7. Does Your Mother Know
8. Mountains And Maryann, The
9. Pussy Willows, Cat-Tails
10. I Want To Hear It From You
11. Something Very Special
12. Boss Man
13. Long Way Back Home
14. Unsettled Ways
15. Long Thin Dawn
16. Bitter Green
17. Circle Is Small, The
18. Marie Christine
19. Cold Hands From New York
20. Affair On 8th Avenue