Bruce Cockburn

Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by?
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall
The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all
When you're...

Sunset is an angel weeping
Holding out a bloody sword
No matter how
I squint I cannot
Make out what it's pointing toward
Sometimes you feel like you l...

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?(CHORUS:)
Won't somebody tell...

Sun's up, uuh huh, looks okaythe world survives into another dayand i'm thinking about eternitysome kind of ecstasy got a hold on me.
I had another dr...

Here comes those silver celestial horses
Rays of the moon in the mountain air
Maybe I'm melting but 
I don't care
There's darkness in the canyon
But t...

Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by?
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall
The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all
When you're...

So I find out what the luxury of hate is
As exciting maybe as doing the dishes
Face toward window -- light received
You walk away to see a film
Stab i...

Something jewelled slips away
Laughing at the hands I hold out
All you can do is praise the razor
For the fineness of the slash
'Til the Rose above th...

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...

Hmmm -- every day
Hmmm -- a golden crown upon each one
Like an eagle seen against the sun

I went up on the mountain side
To see what I could see
To see what I could be
On the shining mountain
I watched the day go down in fire
And sink in th...

All the diamonds in this world
That mean anything to me
Are conjured up by wind and sunlight
I ran aground in a harbour town
Lost the taste for being ...

Fire-bright faces in winter night
A dog in the distance barks
The stream is a motionless moment
Salmon in the sea swims deep
Pregnant with force as a ...

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...

Here comes those silver celestial horses
Rays of the moon in the mountain air
Maybe I'm melting but I don't care
There's darkness in the canyon
But th...

I went up on the mountain side
To see what I could see
To see what I could be
On the shining mountain
I watched the day go down in fire
And sink in th...

Centred on silence
Counting on nothing
I saw you standing on the sea
And everything was
Dark except for
Wings around you
Angel voices mixed with seabi...

Sun's up, uuh huh, looks okaythe world survives into another dayand i'm thinking about eternitysome kind of ecstasy got a hold on me.
I had another dr...

Sunset is an angel weeping
Holding out a bloody sword
No matter how I squint I cannot
Make out what it's pointing toward
Sometimes you feel like you'v...

Sunset is an angel weeping
Holding out a bloody sword
No matter how I squint I cannot
Make out what it's pointing toward
Sometimes you feel like you l...

I don't mean to cling to you my friends
It's just I hate the day to have to end
I haven't done enough for this to be the end
There must be more... mor...

So I find out what the luxury of hate is
As exciting maybe as doing the dishes
Face toward window -- light received
You walk away to see a film
Stab i...

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...

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...