Something Very Special Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

She was something very special to me 

The kind of girl you'd like to see 

In a movie or a rosary 

She could be straight-laced or homespun 

Or free and easy on the run 

She could be meek and mild or full of fun 

She liked country lanes and aeroplanes 

And cigarettes would make her strange 

And when she wanted you she made it plain 

She would never say where she came from 

It didn't seem that she had anyone 

To answer to or dwell upon 

She liked candlelight and good wine 

And I would call her any time 

Of day or night she didn't mind 

The was nothing that I wouldn't do 

To prove to her my love was true 

And she gave to me a dream or two 

There were times when she would never appear 

For days and then she'd disappear 

But now the days have turned to years 

I was something she could use 

Like a good friend or a pair of shoes 

Or any kind of good news 

Now the eastern sky is crimson and red 

As I lie here in my lonely bed 

And think about the things she said 

She said, darling there will come a day 

When I must run far away 

I will go my love and you must stay 

She departed in the early spring 

She didn't leave me anything 

To follow or to find her 

She was something very special to me 

The kind of girl you'd like to see 

In a movie or a rosary