Story Behind The Song
As a child, I always had a dual fascination with the excitement of the wilderness...and with the untold "stories" behind old, deserted houses. This song evokes the mystery of those places, and the sad destruction of them in the name of "progress."
Song Description
The song addresses the loss of mystery and romance in the modern world, as symbolized by the destruction of a forest containing the ruins of an old cabin.
| Song Length |
3:46 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Tranquil, Serene |
Subject |
Plants, Forest, Change |
| Similar Artists |
Joan Baez |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
WHERE THE LEGENDS GROW LIKE WEEDS
Words and Music by Jackie Morris
In a clearing in the forest
On the outskirts of the town
Stood the ruins of a cabin
That had long ago burnt down
Just a blackened old stone chimney
Guarding some unspoken deeds
Where the weeds grew through the rubble
And the legends grew like weeds.
No one knew just how it got there
Who had lived there, none could say
We children talked of gypsies...
Or an outlaws? hideaway
Or the fire of a jealous lover
in a tragic passion play
They were rumors in the rubble
In the stones of yesterday.
Now the forest is long vanished
And the chimney bulldozed down
And on the outskirts of the city
There stands another town
And in the place of that lonesome cabin
Is a store for all our needs
But I?d rather have the forest
Where the legends grow like weeds.
I?d rather have the forest
Where the legends grow like weeds.