Tony Rice: Song For A Winter Night

For Traditional Tuesday, Tony Rice interprets a Gordon Lightfoot original: “Song for a Winter Night.” There are only a handful of vocalists who have the tonality of pulling off a Lightfoot song. One is the late Trevor Lucas and the other is Tony Rice. Tony, who recorded an entire album of Lightfoot music, is joined live with Alison Krauss. This is a perfect tune for a cold wintery day.

Lyrics

The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top
The snow is softly falling
The air is still within the silence of my room
I hear your voice softly calling
If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
Upon this winter night with you

The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
My glass is almost empty
I read again between the lines upon each page
The words of love you sent me

If I could know within my heart
That you were lonely too
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
Upon this winter night with you

The fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim
The shades of night are liftin'
The morning light steals across my windowpane
Where webs of snow are driftin'

If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
Upon this winter night with you
And to be once again with you