Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac

Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Song: Bare Trees
Year: 1972
Album: Bare Trees

Here is yet another example that Fleetwood Mac is more than the Stevie Nicks era. This album sees them in a transition from blues to pop. There are still traces of blues in the songs, but there are more elements of pop in a lot of the work. While Fleetwood Mac was a success, this would be right on the cusp of super stardom.

This song is light and breezy despite the cold winter subject matter. I suppose that it's because of the other subject in the song that makes this a warmer song. It's so simple that a child could have written the lyrics, but the way the song is expressed makes all the difference here.

Simply saying that someone is alone, snug in their bed on a cold, winter day wouldn't make much of a song. It barely makes a coupling. What makes it work is the music. It's so simple that it invades your mind and stays there for awhile. Most people will find themselves humming this hours later, seemingly out of nowhere.

I find this period of Fleetwood Mac the most interesting. There were many directions that the band could have gone in. The band was almost dissolved. They chose to soldier on, picking up new members along the way. I wish that Fleetwood Mac would break out more of these songs when they tour, but that's not what the "public" wants. It too bad. They are missing out on some great music.

Lyrics:
Bare trees, grey light
Oh yeah it was a cold night
Bare trees, grey light

I was alone in the cold of a winters day
You were alone and so snug in your bed
I was alone in the cold of a winters day
You were alone and so snug in your bed

Bah do dah, do dah da do da do
Bah do dah, do dah da do da do
Bah do dah, do dah da do da do
Bah do dah, do dah da do da do

Bare trees, grey light
Oh yeah it was a cold night
Bare trees, grey light

I was alone in the cold of a winters day
You were alone and so snug in your bed
I was alone in the cold of a winters day
You were alone and so snug in your bed

Bah do dah, do dah da do da do
Bah do dah, do dah da do da do
Bah do dah, do dah da do da do
Bah do dah, do dah da do da do.