Lyrics

Humboldt County Overture

Goodbye trees of the redwood forest
Goodbye peaks of the Trinities
I am bound for the big grey city
I take a last look at the sand and the sea

Goodbye smell of the salt-stained morning
In the hidden coves of Trinidad
I must leave with the hope of finding
Friends as good as the ones here I’ve had

But all my love from time behind me
Will stay here hiding in these redwood trees
I’ll leave my heart in Humboldt County
And she will always stay in me

For everyone there comes a crossroads
From which there is no true return
I made my choice, and often wonder
What were to happen had those bridges I’d not burned

But all my loves from time behind me
Will stay here hiding in these redwood trees
I’ll leave my heart in Humboldt County
And she will always stay in me

Goodbye trees of the redwood forest
Goodbye peaks of the Trinities
I must leave for the big grey city
I take a last look at the sand and the sea