Bruce Cockburn lyrics
Bruce Cockburn lyrics
"Nicaragua 457 Lyrics"
What I Do Lyrics
(HessLesperance) I lie awake all through the night And think of you to break the morning light Thoughts in my head, gotta make you understand
(HessLesperance) I lie awake all through the night And think of you to break the morning light Thoughts in my head, gotta make you understand
Originally from the album "Stealing Fire")
breakfast woodsmoke on the breeze --
on the cliff the u.s. Embassy
frowns out over managua like dracula's tower.
the kid who guards fonseca's tomb
cradles a beat-up submachine gun --
at age fifteen he's a veteran of four years of war
proud to
There's A Girl In Texas Lyrics
When I rode out of Dallas Chasing down a dream I thought I knew what I was looking for But the neon nights have blinded me 'Til I'
pay his duesWhen I rode out of Dallas Chasing down a dream I thought I knew what I was looking for But the neon nights have blinded me 'Til I'
he knows who turns the screws
baby face and old man's eyes
blue lagoon and flowering trees --
bullet-packed masaya streets
full of the ghosts of the heroes of monimbo
women of the town laundry
work and gossip and laugh at me --
they don't believe i'll ever send them the pict
Recently (edit 2) Lyrics
Recently i've been All of content and dreaming i have been 'cause i been lately seeing Quite a bit of this woman live on my street People
ures i took.Recently i've been All of content and dreaming i have been 'cause i been lately seeing Quite a bit of this woman live on my street People
for every scar on a wall
there's a hole in someone's heart
where a loved one's memory lives
in the flash of this moment
you're the best of what we are --
don't let them stop you now
nicaragua
sandino in his tom mix hat
gazes from billboards and coins
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Down To Earth Lyrics
I want to treat each man Like a superstar I want to love the heart And not the car I want to see the dirt That is in my eyes
ndino vive en la lucha por la paz"
sandino of the shining dream
who stood up to the u.s. marines --
now washington panics at u2 shots of "cuban-style" latrines
in the flash of this moment
you're the best of what we are --
don't let them stop you now
nicaragua
managua, 2/83
I want to treat each man Like a superstar I want to love the heart And not the car I want to see the dirt That is in my eyes
ndino vive en la lucha por la paz"
sandino of the shining dream
who stood up to the u.s. marines --
now washington panics at u2 shots of "cuban-style" latrines
in the flash of this moment
you're the best of what we are --
don't let them stop you now
nicaragua
managua, 2/83