LOVE AND MAPLE SYRUP
Gordon Lightfoot
1971


Love and maple syrup go together
Like the sticky winds of winter when they meet
When lonely lovers come to rest
Beneath the trees they do their best
But still they can't be free.

Looking for the world to be
Anything but what they see
Longing to be understood
By the heart that shapes the wood.

If you go into the forest, gaze up through the leaves
And see the sky that's almost wild
You can learn to understand
What makes the forest greet the man
Like a mother's only child.

In the north when winter's claw
Relaxes now to keep the laws of nature in control
People come and stand in line
To rob the forest of her wine.
But they don't feel the cold.

Looking for the world to be
Anything but what they see
Longing to be understood
By the heart that shapes the wood.

(bridge)

Love and maple syrup shine like
Embers warm, like thoughts divine
They tell us it is spring
Love and maple syrup stir
The thoughts of people into words
Of songs that they can sing.

Love and maple syrup go together
Like the sticky winds of winter when they meet
When lonely lovers come to rest
Beneath the trees they do their best
But still they can't be free.

Looking for the world to be
Anything but what they see
Longing to be understood
By the heart that shapes the wood.

Looking for the world to be
Anything but what they see
Longing to be understood
By the heart that shapes the wood.



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)