More great lyrics - by Gordon Lightfoot

He is known as the "Canadian Troubadour".  He wrote and recorded over 255 songs.  His biggest hits included: "If You Could Read My Mind", "Sundown", "Early Morning Rain" and others.  His lyrics from "The Last Time", recorded by several other artists, are some of the most beautiful ones I have ever heard (less the references to tearing away of threads). 

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 she walked upon
Those were good days

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 miles
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 beforeAnd 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