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

Going To The Country Bruce Cockburn

they're gone behind the sign white letters pointing to the long white line and I'm going to the country o, la la la la la I'm going to the country sunshine smile on me I can smell the grass growing in

Change Your Mind Bruce Cockburn

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 rain Its gods long

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

Keep It Open Bruce Cockburn

When thoughts rush by And your signals seem to fly Keep it open Keep it open And help me keep mine open too Some will lie behind But we needn't be unkind Keep it open Keep it open And help me keep mine

It's Going Down Slow Bruce Cockburn

down slow Go get the fire department To bring that hose along And them and the schoolboy bandits Can water each other's lawn Oh It's going down slow It's going down slow Everybody seems to be

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

indian wars bruce cockburn

A few dozen survivors, ragged but proud With a few woolly sheep, under gathering cloud It's never been easy, or free from strife But the pulse of the land is the pulse of their life You thought it

Indian Wars (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Rome A few dozen survivors, ragged but proud With a few woolly sheep, under gathering cloud It's never been easy, or free from strife But the pulse of the land is the pulse of their life You thought it

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

Up On The Hillside Bruce Cockburn

-- oh, it's nothing at all Yes, the world's in convulsions and the weather is fine Buicks get bigger and five cents costs a dime I must get going, you know, there's not much time T he road is waiting

Wondering Where The Lions Are Bruce Cockburn

Walls windows trees, waves coming through you be in me and i'll be in you together in eternity some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me Up among the firs where it smells so sweet or down in the valley

Starwheel Bruce Cockburn

Crystal drift on the whistling wind -- Constant change is the space we're in You may use a slide rule or a golden crown But nothing's worth it that you can pin down -- See how the starwheel turns.

January In The Halifax Airport Lounge Bruce Cockburn

to touch, if just once more I need you like the river needs the shore In life so delicate and strange Understanding seldom comes in range We stumble through familiar scenes Never thinking what it

Festival Of Friends Bruce Cockburn

An elegant song won't hold up long When the palace falls and the parlour's gone We all must leave but it's not the end We'll meet again at the festival of friends.

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

Together Alone Bruce Cockburn

there with me too Of all the songs sung in any day Your voice is all I hear For though each song has its own place And, finished, quickly fades away I hear you everywhere And though I know you won't be

Someone I Used To Love Bruce Cockburn

All the days we've been together All the days we've been apart Add up to a bunch of nothing If I'm not still in your heart I never want you to be Just a page in my history Someone I used to love Your voice

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

Don't Have To Tell You Why Bruce Cockburn

Don't want to be on no rooftop Frying in the afternoon sun Don't want to sit by no fountain Listening to the man-made stream run Just want to stand where the sea-spray Gleams like fire with you And I don't

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

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

Closer To The Light Bruce Cockburn

There you go Swimming deeper into mystery Here I remain Only seeing where you used to be Stared at the ceiling 'Til my ears filled up with tears Never got to know you Suddenly you're out of here Gone from

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

My Lady And My Lord Bruce Cockburn

rain I know the sun will shine again Till then my lady and my Lord will keep me sane I went down to the dead lake shore to see what I could see Along the breeze came, away my cap went, my head it

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

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

Bone In My Ear Bruce Cockburn

There's a bone in my ear Keeps singing your name Sometimes it's like pleasure Sometimes it's like pain It's a small voice and quiet But I hear it plain There's a bone in my ear Keeps singing your name

Scanning These Crowds Bruce Cockburn

veins showing under the skin The uniforms made me nervous, I got ready for the chase But they left me scanning these crowds for some sign of your face Something fell on Saskatchewan in 1885 Where is it

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?

Life Will Open Bruce Cockburn

Into wonder life will open We are children of the river we have named "existence" Undercurrent and surface pass in the same tense Nothing is confined except what's in your mind Every footstep must be

Listen For The Laugh Bruce Cockburn

president's boys It's not the laughter of the media king This laughter doesn't sell you anything It's the wind in the wings of a diving dove You better listen for the laugh of love Whatever else you might be

In The Falling Dark Bruce Cockburn

in flight at the speed of light A million footsteps whispering A guitar sounds -- some voices sing Smoke on the breeze -- eyes that sting Far in the east a yellow cloud bank climbs Stretching away to be

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

"It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth, To touch their harps of gold: ""Peace on the earth, goodwill to men From heavens all gracious King!

Lament For The Last Days Bruce Cockburn

all"" The night-bound choir inside chants on -- A hymn to brick and pistols You can stumble, you can fall Or you can make the nations crawl But when death comes in to call He don't care about it

All The Ways I Want You Bruce Cockburn

shrunken to All the ways I want you Stars look down and laugh at me I ought to take a bow Don't have to tell them life's hard sometimes There's one falling now Nobody's here beside me I can talk about it

He Came From The Mountain Bruce Cockburn

He came from the mountain To walk among the wounded They couldn't see him But the snow did melt whenever he passed by He came behind winter His face was like the sun They wouldn't see it But he sang on

Great Big Love (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

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 head and a messed-up bed I'll be

Gavin's Woodpile Bruce Cockburn

To watch a people die -- it is no new thing." And the stack of wood grows higher and higher And a helpless rage seems to set my brain on fire.

Soul Of A Man (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

soul of a man (Chorus) I saw a crowd stand talking I just came up in time Was teaching the lawyers and the doctors That a man ain't nothing but his mind (Chorus) I read the Bible often I try to read it

Burn Bruce Cockburn

And it's burn baby burn When am I going to get my turn Here it comes, the loaded gun "Must keep the Commies on the run" You'd buy or bury everyone For liberty and life And just plain fun And it's burn

Cry Of A Tiny Babe (Live Version) Bruce Cockburn

the ripples on forever Redemption rips through the surface of time In the cry of a tiny babe There are others who know about this miracle birth The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth For it

Kit Carson (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

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

Early On One Christmas Morn (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

(Cottentop Mountain Sanctified Singers )Early on one Christmas mornJesus Christ the son was bornSinging carols, Christmas songsEarly on one Christmas mornEarly on one Christmas mornJesus Christ the...

O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lieAbove thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go byYet in thy dark streets shineth, the everlasting lightThe hopes and fears of all the y...

I Saw Three Ships (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas day, on Christmas day I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas day in the morning And who do you think was in them then? On Christmas day, on Ch...

Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Les anges dans nos campagnesOnt entonné l'hymne des cieuxEt l'écho de nos montagnesRedit ce chant mélodieuxGloria in excelsis Deo!Bergers, pour qui cette fêteQuel-est l'objet de tous ces chants...

Silent Night (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Silent night Holy night All is calm All is bright Round yon virgin mother and child Holy infant, so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night Holy night Shepherds...

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day;To save us all from Satan's power when we were gone astray.RefrainO tidings of comfort and ...

Mary Had A Baby (Album Version) Bruce Cockburn

Mary had a baby (My Lord)Mary had a baby (Oh My Lord)Mary had a baby (My Lord)The people keep coming but the train has goneWhere did she lay him (My Lord)Where did she lay him (Oh My Lord)Where did...