You kind a need both, the melody is very important of course. But what drew me to , Gordon Lightfoot in 1969. Is the magic that he has, to write these beautiful verse, poems, stories.
Everytime I would buy a new Lightfoot Album, I would always, look at the back, and it would constantly say ,"All songs written and composed by: Gordon Lightfoot. I would find that so amazing, still do today...{The Poet Laureat}
So if we have to pick one it would be:
{A} It is Gords
words that make me a devotee...Jesse