Gordon Lightfoot Forums

Gordon Lightfoot Forums (http://www.corfid.com/vbb//index.php)
-   General Discussion (http://www.corfid.com/vbb//forumdisplay.php?f=3)
-   -   Softly (http://www.corfid.com/vbb//showthread.php?t=26957)

Affair on Touhy Ave. 09-10-2013 10:12 PM

Softly
 
I don't know how this question will sound but what does he mean by "Softly She Comes?"

Only other time I've heard that term in a song was the 1959 tune by the Fleetwoods called "Come Softly Darling."

charlene 09-10-2013 11:07 PM

Re: Softly
 
Softly She Comes ... in the night..... She has gone (come) to him in the night, it's a furtive meeting, seemingly clandestine, she spends the night and then she then goes in the dawn.
Come and go...

Martyn Miles 09-11-2013 02:24 AM

Re: Softly
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by charlene (Post 182627)
Softly She Comes ... in the night..... She has gone (come) to him in the night, it's a furtive meeting, seemingly clandestine, she spends the night and then she then goes in the dawn.
Come and go...

It has happened to some of us...

Affair on Touhy Ave. 03-21-2015 04:28 PM

Re: Softly
 
As a kid when I heard this song I invisioned instead of taking place in the house somewhere outside at night.

When he sings "Down the darken Hall" it should be obvious that he's inside but as a young child sometimes you don't always hear things right.

Anyway here's the original recording.



Affair on Touhy Ave. 05-03-2016 05:40 PM

Re: Softly
 
Now the YT police removed the original and all wh're stuck with is the remake.

That would including the remake of W&W.

Both versions of The Way I Feel and Crossroads.


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:52 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.