Some people have said it's about Sept-Iles (7 Islands) on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. That doesn't jibe with the lyrics. "Seven Islands on the high side of a bay, if you're looking west..." From Sept-Iles you'd be looking southeast.
As you sail out of Severn Sound on Georgian Bay on the Ontario side of Lake Huron there are seven islands to the west -- one of which is Christian Island, the subject of another one of Lightfoot's songs.
I'd say Lightfoot was saying, "Don't waste your life in the city. Come up to the woods and live...
Some people have said it's about Sept-Iles (7 Islands) on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. That doesn't jibe with the lyrics. "Seven Islands on the high side of a bay, if you're looking west..." From Sept-Iles you'd be looking southeast.
As you sail out of Severn Sound on Georgian Bay on the Ontario side of Lake Huron there are seven islands to the west -- one of which is Christian Island, the subject of another one of Lightfoot's songs.
I'd say Lightfoot was saying, "Don't waste your life in the city. Come up to the woods and live life fully." No need to invoke end times.
There are at least two places in Canada called Seven Islands, both are on a bay, chances are, the song is about that, not the end of the world.
I think deemic and kevinyc are both right about the meaning. Great song.
I think deemic and kevinyc are both right about the meaning. Great song.
Some people have said it's about Sept-Iles (7 Islands) on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. That doesn't jibe with the lyrics. "Seven Islands on the high side of a bay, if you're looking west..." From Sept-Iles you'd be looking southeast. As you sail out of Severn Sound on Georgian Bay on the Ontario side of Lake Huron there are seven islands to the west -- one of which is Christian Island, the subject of another one of Lightfoot's songs. I'd say Lightfoot was saying, "Don't waste your life in the city. Come up to the woods and live...
Some people have said it's about Sept-Iles (7 Islands) on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. That doesn't jibe with the lyrics. "Seven Islands on the high side of a bay, if you're looking west..." From Sept-Iles you'd be looking southeast. As you sail out of Severn Sound on Georgian Bay on the Ontario side of Lake Huron there are seven islands to the west -- one of which is Christian Island, the subject of another one of Lightfoot's songs. I'd say Lightfoot was saying, "Don't waste your life in the city. Come up to the woods and live life fully." No need to invoke end times.