Knotty Pine by Gordon Lightfoot

Knotty Pine – Gordon Lightfoot
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 ’n 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

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

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