Lyrics to
Hi’way Songs

This version of Hi’Way Songs was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1972.

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When I walk the hill so high
Around the town where I was born
New York seems so far away
Though I was there just yesterday
I have played on my guitar
In coffeehouses, halls, and bars
Everyone that I call friend
Knows they will not be forgot

Trains and planes and rented cars
Singers, saints, and other stars
I suspect them every one
They’ll never change
It’s too much fun

Just for now I’d like to rest
In the shade of a maple tree
To the blue Canadian sky
I’ll say a prayer for the world out there

When I stand on my own sod
It feels so good to be home, by God
The winter wind has turned my head
But I always came up warm somehow

Bottles, beads, and cigarettes
And lovers that I ain’t found yet
Picking with a friend till dawn
And singing all of those hi’way songs

Just for now I’d like to rest
In the shade of a maple tree
To the blue Canadian sky
I’ll say a prayer for the world out there

When I walk the hill so high
Around the town where I was born
New York seems so far away
Though I was there just yesterday

I would travel all my life
If loneliness was not the price
While headin’ north across that line’s
The only time I’m flyin’

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About Lyrics and Hi’Way Songs by Gordon Lightfoot

The lyrics to Hi’Way Songs are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to Hi’Way Songs are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Gordon Lightfoot and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Hi’Way Songs back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Hi’Way Songs by Gordon Lightfoot in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Hi’Way Songs" means the words set to the music of Hi’Way Songs, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gordon Lightfoot. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Hi’Way Songs and the lyrics to Hi’Way Songs are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gordon Lightfoot who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hi’Way Songs, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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