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Sundown17 · 09-01-2008, 12:10 PM

If you are asking about "The Last Time Ever I Saw Your Face"...it was a cover done by Gord on "Lightfoot" that was written by E Mac Coll...no Gord story behind it other than the universal one many of us share.

If you are asking about "The Last Time I Saw Her"...Gord wrote in "Songbook"...and I quote..."It's about a breakup of a marriage. In a way, you're predicting what's going to take place, and then it happens. In some sense you play the scene out in your mind, and after the fact, it hits you how close you were to the mark. It makes it a little tough to perform sometimes, but not tough enough to keep a great song down. In a way, it covers the same ground that "If You Could Read My Mind" did years later."

Considering the timing and the reference to IYCRMM, I would say it has something to do with his divorce from Britta...God Rest Her Soul.

Welcome Curtis J!

Diane

09-01-2008, 12:10 PM	#2
Sundown17 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 153	Re: The Last Time If you are asking about "The Last Time Ever I Saw Your Face"...it was a cover done by Gord on "Lightfoot" that was written by E Mac Coll...no Gord story behind it other than the universal one many of us share. If you are asking about "The Last Time I Saw Her"...Gord wrote in "Songbook"...and I quote..."It's about a breakup of a marriage. In a way, you're predicting what's going to take place, and then it happens. In some sense you play the scene out in your mind, and after the fact, it hits you how close you were to the mark. It makes it a little tough to perform sometimes, but not tough enough to keep a great song down. In a way, it covers the same ground that "If You Could Read My Mind" did years later." Considering the timing and the reference to IYCRMM, I would say it has something to do with his divorce from Britta...God Rest Her Soul. Welcome Curtis J! Diane Last edited by Sundown17; 09-01-2008 at 12:15 PM.