Gordon Lightfoot - Song For A Winter's Night (Live in Toronto, Ontario 1999) Soundboard

This folk ballad, written in 1967 and released on the The Way I Feel album, is a tender, introspective love song inspired by a quiet winter evening. Its evocative imagery and gentle melody make it one of Lightfoot’s enduring classics.

Song for a Winter's Night Lyrics:
The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top
The snow is softly fallin'
The smoke has faded from my pipe
The silent night is callin'
I sit alone and listen to the stillness of the night
And think of you, my love, and wish you were by my side
The fire is dyin' now, my lamp is growin' dim
The shades of night are fallin'
The silence weaves a spell around my heart
And I am callin'
For you, my love, to come and share this winter's night with me
And warm my heart again with love’s eternity
I hear the wind begin to whisper through the pines
The snow is gently driftin'
My thoughts are carried on the breeze
To where my heart is liftin'
I close my eyes and see you in the glow of candlelight
And dream of you, my love, upon this winter’s night

Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, he had numerous gold and platinum albums, and his songs have been covered by many of the world's most renowned musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings wrote, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness."
Lightfoot's songs, including "For Lovin' Me", "Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues", "Home From The Forest", and "Ribbon of Darkness", a number one hit on the U.S. country chart for Marty Robbins, brought him recognition from the mid-1960s. Chart success with his own recordings began in Canada in 1962 with the No. 3 hit "(Remember Me) I'm the One" and led to a series of major hits at home and abroad throughout the 1970s. Robbie Robertson of The Band described Lightfoot as "a national treasure". Bob Dylan said, "I can't think of any Gordon Lightfoot song I don't like. Every time I hear a song of his, it's like I wish it would last forever." Lightfoot was the featured musical performer at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympics and received numerous honors and awards during his career.