Bruce Cockburn
Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1945)
Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC (born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. As of 2006 he has released 29 albums. Mr. Cockburn was born in Ottawa and spent a portion of his childhood on a farm near Pembroke. He attended Nepean High School in Ottawa and Berklee School of Music in Boston. Cockburn was inducted as a Member to the Order of Canada in 1982 and promoted to Officer in 2002. He is also the recipient of five Honorary Doctorates.
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Salt, Sun and Time (1974) edit
- 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 harbor town
Lost the taste for being free
Thank God he sent some gull chased ship
To carry me to sea...- All the Diamonds in the World, Track 1
In the Falling Dark (1976) edit
- Catching the light and falling into dark
And the world fades out like an overheard remark...
In the falling dark- Title track, In The Falling Dark (See also: John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 62-63) Just Listen..
Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws (1979) edit
- Had another dream about the lions at the door
They were not half as frightening as they were before
But I'm thinking about eternity
Some kind'a ecstasy's got a hold on me
Walls, windows, trees, waves coming through
You be in me I'll be in you
Together in eternity
Some kind'a ecstasy's got a hold on me
Up among the firs where it smells so sweet
Or down in the valley were the river used to be
I got my mind on eternity
Some kind'a ecstasy's got a hold on me, and I'm
Wondering where the lions are and I'm
Wondering where the lions are...- Wondering Where the Lions Are, Track 6 (See also:Ottawa Valley and Algonquin Park)
Stealing Fire (1984) edit
- Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by?
- These fragile bodies of touch and taste
This vibrant skin, this hair like lace
Spirits open to the thrust of grace
Never a breath you can afford to waste, when you're
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time... - Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
you got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight- Lovers in a Dangerous Time, Track 1
- I want to raise every voice
At least I got to try
Every time I think about it
Water rises to my eyes
Situation desperate
Echoes of the victims cry
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
Some son of a bitch would die- If I Had a Rocket Launcher, Track 8
Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu (1999) edit
- If this were the last night of the world
What would I do
What would I do that was different
Unless it was champagne with you... - Last Night of the World