KNOTTY PINE
(Gordon Lightfoot)

As recorded Gordon Lightfoot 1983


She's my knotty pine, she leans with the wind 
She cries turpentine 
Sometimes she nettles me but I don't mind 
Only now and then, when her branches bend beneath the snow.

She's knotty but nice, reaching for the sky
She don't like snow or ice
To leave things as they stand is my advice
She's been good to me, so I tend to go there when I can.
  
She's my knotty pine, such a pretty scene 
She tries to be kind 
She gives birds a home and shelters them 
In her coat of green, she's as green as evergreen can be.

She's a real delight, when little breezes call 
To ruffle up her skin
All her sap runs free and sticks to me 
Hidden deep within, I will be her slave eternally.

(bridge)
 
She's my knotty pine, sunlight in her hair 
By the serpentine 
Though she is independent I don't mind 
Standing over there, just beyond that maple on the right.

She's knotty but wise, she holds her anger in 
Trees are her disguise
Cones are taking root before my eyes 
Find them if you can, among her boughs she keeps them out of sight.

(bridge)

She's my knotty pine, she leans with the wind 
She cries turpentine
Sometimes she nettles me but I don't mind 
Only now and then, when her branches bend beneath the snow.



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)