Cover art for Last Song by Edward Bear

Last Song

Dec. 19721 viewer6.2K views

Last Song Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Did you know I'd go to sleep and leave the lights on?
Hopin' you'd come by and know that I was home, still awake
But two years go by and still my light's on
This is hard for me to say, but this is all that I can take


[Chorus]
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last time that I'll tell you just how much I really care
This is the last song I'll ever sing for you
You come looking for the light and it won't be there
But I love you
Oh yes, I do
Yes, I do

[Verse 2]
All the times that I spent waitin', wonderin' where you are (Where you are)
Always knew the time would come when I would start to wonder why
Now the time is here, I don't know where you are (Where you are)
So I'll write you one more song, but it's the last time that I'll try

[Chorus]
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last time that I'll tell you just how much I really care
This is the last song I'll ever sing for you
You come looking for the light and it won't be there
But I love you
Oh yes, I do
Mmm-hmm-hmm
[Outro]
It's the last song I'll ever write for you (It's the last song)
It's the last song I'll ever write for you (It's the last song)
It's the last song I'll ever write for you (It's the last song)
It's the last song I'll ever write for you (It's the last song)
It's the last song I'll ever write for you (It's the last song)

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What did Edward Bear say about "Last Song"?
Genius Answer

I usually have the song already in my head. At the time I wrote Last Song, I was living in a rooming house with the entire band (Edward Bear) on Davenport Avenue (Toronto). I had gotten a piano with the intention of learning how to play, although I still haven’t learned how to play! (laughs) And so, I tried to translate what I was hearing in my head onto the piano as much as I could. The song meant exactly what it said, you know “the girl is gone,” and that “I’m sort of over it now.” I don’t know how many songs were about her, six at least. Close Your Eyes was also about her.

– Larry Evoy in an interview with the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

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Recorded At
Thunder Sound
Release Date
December 1972
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