Artist: Bruce Cockburn
Lyrics of Artist: Bruce Cockburn
  1. [Lyric] World of Wonders Live (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Verse 1] Stand on a bridge before the cavern of night Darkness alive with possibilities Nose to this wind full of twinkling lights Trying to catch the scent of what's coming to be [Chorus] In this world of wonders World of wonders World of wonders World of wonders [Verse 2] Somewhere a saxophone slides through changes Like a wet pipe dripping...Learn More
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  2. [Lyric] Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long 1981 (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Verse 1] I was up the road on easy street Watching everybody stand around and cheat Man comes up, says "Move along Back to the corner where you belong" [Refrain] But mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long [Verse 2] Hear the city singing like a siren choir Some fool tried to set this town on fire TV preacher screams "Come on along" I feel...Learn More
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  3. [Lyric] If a Tree Falls Acoustic (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Verse 1] Rain forest Mist and mystery Teeming green Green brain facing lobotomy Climate control centre for the world Ancient cord of coexistence Hacked by parasitic greedhead scam— From Sarawak to Amazonas Costa Rica to mangy B.C. hills— Cortege rhythm of falling timber What kind of currency grows in these new deserts These brand new flood...Learn More
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  4. [Lyric] Silver Wheels Live (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Intro] Good evening.  [Verse 1] High speed drift on a prairie road Hot tires sing like a string being bowed Sudden town rears up then explodes Fragments resolve into white line code [Refrain] Whirl on silver wheels [Verse 2] Black earth energy receptor fields Undulate under a grey cloud shield We outrun a river colour brick red mud That cleaves...Learn More
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  5. [Lyric] Fascist Architecture 1986 (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Verse 1] Fascist architecture of my own design Too long been keeping my love confined You tore me out of myself alive [Verse 2] Those fingers drawing out blood like sweat While the magnificent facades crumble and burn The billion facets of brilliant love The billion facets of freedom turning in the light [Chorus] Bloody nose and burning...Learn More
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  6. [Lyric] Lord of the Starfields Live (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Verse 1] Lord of the starfields Ancient of days Universe maker Here's a song in your praise [Verse 2] Wings of the storm cloud Beginning and end You make my heart leap Like a banner in the wind [Chorus] O love that fires the sun Keep me burning O love that fires the sun Keep me burning [Verse 3] Lord of the starfields Sower of life Heaven and...Learn More
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  7. [Lyric] Rumours of Glory 1981 (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Intro] Hey! [Verse 1] Above the dark town After the sun's gone down Two vapour trails cross the sky Catching the day's last slow goodbye Black skyline looks rich as velvet Something is shining Like gold but better [Refrain] Rumours of glory [Verse 2] Smiles mixed with curses The crowd disperses About whom no details are known Each one alone yet...Learn More
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  8. [Lyric] All the Diamonds In the World Live (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Verse 1] All the diamonds in this world That mean anything to me Are conjured up by wind and sunlight Sparkling on the sea [Verse 2] I ran aground in a harbour town Lost the taste for being free Thank God He sent some gull-chased ship To carry me to sea [Bridge] Two thousand years and half a world away Dying trees still will grow greener when...Learn More
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  9. [Lyric] Peggys Kitchen Wall (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Verse 1] Crashing in the kitchen Noises in the hall Roll over and go back to sleep It's just a dream, that's all So how come the window's broken? What caused the glass to fall? [Refrain] And who put that bullet hole in Peggy's kitchen wall? Tell me who put that bullet hole in Peggy's kitchen wall [Verse 2] Police arrive Muddy up the floor Dig...Learn More
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  10. [Lyric] Cader Idris (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Instrumental] [Spoken] I'd like to, at this point, introduce these people you've been listening to. On electric piano and marimba is Pat Godfrey. On bass, Robert Boucher. And on percussion, Bill Usher. The pipes, the pipes were played by pipe major Ray MacKay of the 48th Highlanders.  We're going to play one more song and then we'll have a rest...Learn More
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  11. [Lyric] The Trouble With Normal 1985 (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Verse 1] Strikes across the frontier and strikes for higher wage Planet lurches to the right as ideologies engage Suddenly it's repression, moratorium on rights What did they think the politics of panic would invite? Person in the street shrugs—"Security comes first" [Refrain] But the trouble with normal is it always gets worse The trouble with...Learn More
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  12. [Lyric] Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Bruce Cockburn)

    [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] When you're lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time [Verse 2] These fragile bodies of touch and taste This vibrant skin—this hair like...Learn More
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