Love & Maple Syrup Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

Love and maple syrup goes 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 is almost wild 

You can learn to understand 

What makes the forest greet the man 

Like a mother's only child 

In the north when when winter's claw 

Relaxes now to keep the law 

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 

Love and maple syrup shine like 

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 goes 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