REDWOOD HILL
Gordon Lightfoot
1971


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 though 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.

(bridge)

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 comfort 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.




(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)