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Redwood Hill

Released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1971
From the Album: Summer Side Of Life |

This version of Redwood Hill was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1971.

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I climbed the Redwood Hill
Twas on a rainy day
To rise above the throng
And talk with Mother Nature for a while

She told me of her love
For the children in her trust
And of her grave concern
For the likes of you and me and us

Crying thought she was
She did speak these tender words
The things that I am
I could not change for any man

I tried to comfort her
Ah but she would not be still
And how the rain did fall
As I found my way back down the Redwood Hill

Crying though she was
She did speak these tender words
The things that I am
I would not change for any man

I tried to compfort her
Ah but she would not be still
I’ll not forget that day
When Mother Nature cried on Redwood Hill
I’ll not forget that day
when Mother Nature cried on Redwood Hill.


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The lyrics for Redwood Hill are defined as the words making up the song released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Redwood Hill have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Gordon Lightfoot and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Redwood Hill by Gordon Lightfoot if you think through it. 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 Redwood Hill" means the words set to the music of Redwood Hill, 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 Redwood Hill and the lyrics to Redwood Hill 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 Redwood Hill, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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