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buzzard · 05-27-2009, 08:10 PM

What a great thread. There are so many incredible lyrics, many already noted. But I’m going to cast my vote for one entire song – Home From the Forest. The whole piece is so poignant. I also like the fact that it is one of Lightfoot’s more obscure songs.
This one is the only Lightfoot song for which I think a cover version may be better than the original version. I am totally awed by the arrangement Murray McLaughlan did on the Beautiful tribute CD. He slows the tempo down alot, accompanied by basically just a piano and penny flute. Unbelievable . . . “And he wondered how it happened, that he ended up this way, getting lost like a fool in the forest”.

Brian

05-27-2009, 08:10 PM	#19
buzzard Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 169	Re: Seeing It Through His Lyrics What a great thread. There are so many incredible lyrics, many already noted. But I’m going to cast my vote for one entire song – Home From the Forest. The whole piece is so poignant. I also like the fact that it is one of Lightfoot’s more obscure songs. This one is the only Lightfoot song for which I think a cover version may be better than the original version. I am totally awed by the arrangement Murray McLaughlan did on the Beautiful tribute CD. He slows the tempo down alot, accompanied by basically just a piano and penny flute. Unbelievable . . . “And he wondered how it happened, that he ended up this way, getting lost like a fool in the forest”. Brian