Listen For The Laugh Bruce Cockburn

It's not the laughter of rain in the drain It's not the laughter of a man in pain It's not the laughter you can hide behind It's not the laughter of a frightened mind Balanced on the brink only waiting

Musical Friends Bruce Cockburn

"Musical friends are keeping me happy They know what I need Now I can sleep on anyone's floor without Feeling cold Inside or outside me The closer we get the easier life be - Comes for each of

Change Your Mind Bruce Cockburn

"Living in the past Is not living at all The old fear going fast Everybody's scared to fall Turn with the times Change your mind Sullen and profane The ancient temple stands Dissolving in the

All The Ways I Want You Bruce Cockburn

The hills are full of secrets Owls watch by night Down in town the bars are full And the drunks are picking fights These are things I know But the facts are filtered through All the ways I want you 2:19

Silver Wheels Bruce Cockburn

Highway squeeze in construction steam Stop caution hard hat yellow insect machines Silver steel towers stalk rolling land Toward distant stacks that shout ""Feed on demand"" One hundred miles later the

Scanning These Crowds Bruce Cockburn

I was half asleep in the washroom when they came in Eyes like moonlight on barbed wire and veins showing under the skin The uniforms made me nervous, I got ready for the chase But they left me scanning

Christmas Song Bruce Cockburn

Fire-bright faces in winter night A dog in the distance barks The sky speaks in patterns of starlight The fire replies in sparks The stream is a motionless moment Salmon in the sea swims deep Pregnant

Spring Song Bruce Cockburn

When we come When we come again To celebrate renewal At the heart At the heart of us Our eyes will touch life Though we may be hard to find Where we stand in time The mirrors of the past shine With the

Lament For The Last Days Bruce Cockburn

"The crescent moon is rising slow Swiftly blades in ice do grow On the branches star-bleached snow Waits while time is passing Outside the door the dancer whirls Chiming bells and shining curls

Man Of A Thousand Faces Bruce Cockburn

"I'm looking to be by a window That looks out on the sea Anybody here know Where such a place is?

Love Loves You Too Bruce Cockburn

Some people get to make the news Some people get to say what's true Everybody's got to find their own way through But if you love love, then love loves you too Some people get to fly by night Some people

Kit Carson (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

And the President said to Kit Carson: "Take my best four horsemen please And ride out to the four directions, Make my great lands barren for me" Kit Carson said to the President "You've made your offer

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

The world in solemn stillness lay To hear the angels sing.

Cry Of A Tiny Babe (Live Version) Bruce Cockburn

of a still river Driving the ripples on forever Redemption rips through the surface of time In the cry of a tiny babe The child is born in the fullness of time Three wise astrologers take note of the

Child Of The Wind (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

I love the pounding of hooves I love engines that roar I love the wild music of waves on the shore And the spiral perfection of a hawk when it soars Love my sweet woman down to the core There's roads and

A Dream Like Mine (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

(CHORUS:) When you've got a dream like mine Nobody can take you down When you've got a dream like mine Nobody can push you around Today I dream of how it used to be Things were different before The picture

All The Diamonds In The World Bruce Cockburn

All the diamonds in this world That mean anything to me Are conjured up by wind and sunlight Sparkling on the sea I ran aground in a harbour town Lost the taste for being free Thank God He sent some gull-chased

Southland Of The Heart Bruce Cockburn

When the wild-eyed dogs of day to day Come snapping at your heels And there's so much coming at you That you don't know how to feel When they've taken all your money And then come back for your clothes

Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Translation: Angels in our midst Have intoned the anthem of the heavens And this melodious song Echoes from our mountains. Gloria in excelsis Deo!

The Thirteenth Mountain Bruce Cockburn

Sable sky anoints the earth with crystal 'neath my foot Wide-eyed, white-plumed owl plays upon his magic flute Silver-circled moonlight cresting waves of shadow blue And the river is secretly flowing Shining

Up On The Hillside Bruce Cockburn

"Up on the hillside you can see the cross shine Out in the alley hear the hungry dog whine You and I, friend, sit waiting for a sign See how the sunset makes the lake look like wine Over the mountain

O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by Yet in thy dark streets shineth, the everlasting light The hopes and fears of all the years

Gavin's Woodpile Bruce Cockburn

Working out on Gavin's woodpile Safe within the harmony of kin Visions begin to crowd my eyes Like a meteor shower in the autumn skies And the soil beneath me seems to moan With a sound like the wind through

Mighty Trucks Of Midnight (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Used to have a town but the factory moved away Down to Mexico where they work for hardly any pay Used to have a country but they sold it down the river Like a repossessed farm auctioned off to the highest

Burn Bruce Cockburn

Look away across the bay Yankee gunboat come this way Uncle Sam gonna save the day Come tomorrow we all gonna pay...

indian wars bruce cockburn

Out in the desert where the wind never stops A few simple people try to grow a few crops Trying to maintain a life and a home On land that was theirs before the Romans thought of Rome A few dozen

Indian Wars (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Out in the desert where the wind never stops A few simple people try to grow a few crops Trying to maintain a life and a home On land that was theirs before the Romans thought of Rome A few dozen survivors

Lovers In A Dangerous Time (Live Version) Bruce Cockburn

Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by You never get to stop and open your eyes One day you're waiting for the sky to fall The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all When you're lovers in

Vagabondage Bruce Cockburn

sauts perilleux Nous cinglons Dans le wagon D'un train qui grandit sans cesse Comme l'univers: Haute dans les airs Une rose des veuts Pointe vers des nouvelles plages TRANSLATION: "Drifting" Drifting The

Great Big Love (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Evening sun slants across the road Painting everything with gold I'm headed for home, got a woman there I can barely wait to hold Got wind in my hair, got the heat inside Heart jumping up and down An empty

If I Had A Rocket Launcher Bruce Cockburn

Here comes the helicopter second time today Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away How many kids they've murdered only God can say If I had a rocket launcher...I'd make somebody pay I don't believe

Together Alone Bruce Cockburn

So many things to see in this old world But all I can see is you In a crowded subway train Or walking in the country rain You're there with me too Of all the songs sung in any day Your voice is all I hear

One Of The Best Ones (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Guess I'd get along without you If I had no choice It's taken me this long to find you Done a lot of getting ready for this Some things we learn so slow But look at you, you've got plenty behind you There's

A Life Story Bruce Cockburn

Sky-wild Far cry Wings-slash-free Christ is born for you and me Wind rush Reed bend Storm tossed sea Christ is nailed upon a tree Mists part Sunrise Shining key Christ is risen to lead us free ------

Go Tell It On The Mountain Bruce Cockburn

"Go tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born While shepherds kept their watching O'er silent flocks by night Behold throughout

Mary Had A Baby (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

she lay him (My Lord) The people keep coming but the train has gone Laid him in a manger (My Lord) Laid him in a manger (Oh My Lord) Laid him in a manger (My Lord) The people keep coming but the train

In The Falling Dark Bruce Cockburn

And the lights lie tumbled out like gems The moon is nothing but a toothless grin Floating out on the evening wind The smell of sweat and lube oil pervades the night And the rush of life in flight at the

Feet Fall On The Road Bruce Cockburn

Feet fall on the road Bound to motion Though chains be of gold They are chains all the same Traveler on the bridge A wakens to find It's not the river that flows But the bridge that moves o'er In

Fall Bruce Cockburn

Cloud pillars clinging like vines to the sky Don't cry We'll walk down the meadow with sunrise inside So dry your eyes The winds of all kingdoms meet where we stand The gray forest people cast off

Soul Of A Man (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

I'm going to ask the question Please answer if you can Is there anybody's children can tell me What is the soul of a man?

Wondering Where The Lions Are Bruce Cockburn

where the river used to be i got my mind on eternity some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me and i'm wondering where the lions are...

Lord Of The Starfields (Live Version) Bruce Cockburn

Lord of the starfields Ancient of Days Universe Maker Here's a song in your praise Wings of the storm cloud Beginning and end You make my heart leap Like a banner in the wind O love that fires the sun

Lord Of The Starfields Bruce Cockburn

Lord of the starfields Ancient of Days Universe Maker Here's a song in your praise Wings of the storm cloud Beginning and end You make my heart leap Like a banner in the wind O love that fires the sun

The Bicycle Trip Bruce Cockburn

Drift along Hear the gravel crackle Butterflies Shades of the eternal dancer God has buttered the land with sunlight Sunlight Corn grows high Like a tall watusi Katydid Hums a monotonous tune Rather hypnotically

Going To The Country Bruce Cockburn

Look out the window, what do I see? cows hangin' out under spreading trees. ZOOM!

When The Sun Falls Bruce Cockburn

"When the sun falls The bird of paradise Spreads his wings wide When the rain shines The earth sighs gratitude And spreads her hues bright You come to me Bringing the sun and rain Bringing my song

January In The Halifax Airport Lounge Bruce Cockburn

-- I wonder As in the dust the jet plane thunders Carries every feeling into gloom I miss you like I miss the flowers in bloom There's a crisis in the outer world In the sky the smoke trails curl

Early On One Christmas Morn (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

(Cottentop Mountain Sanctified Singers ) Early on one Christmas morn Jesus Christ the son was born Singing carols, Christmas songs Early on one Christmas morn Early on one Christmas morn Jesus Christ the

Little Seahorse Bruce Cockburn

Little seahorse Swimming in a primal sea Heartbeat like a Leaf quaking in the breeze I feel magic as coyote In the middle of the moon-wild night In the forge-fire time Your mother glowed so bright You

It Won't Be Long Bruce Cockburn

Heard the rooster crowing Couldn't see no dawn But I know it won't be long To keep the fire burning Ain't no easy game But we'll do it just the same I'm going to the northland Where the weather keeps