Loner Bruce Cockburn

InnerCityFront(1981)

Lyrics:

Down at the bus station
Shark grins and sandpaper conversation
Men's faces women's bodies on the magazine stand
And a headline about Sarajevo and Tehran

They are radiant angels, they are earthly slaves
They are predators moving in their endless days
Days of striving, nights of novocaine
Never going to bring them freedom from their pain

I'm a loner
With a loner's point of view
I'm a loner
And now I'm in love with you

Wild shadows, acid verbs
Eyelids opening dans mon coeur
Tu me touche comme la pression
Des etoiles sur les tenebres*

In the elevator and the empty hall
How am I ever going to hear you when you call
I'm always living and I always die
on the event horizon of your eyes

I'm a loner
With a loner's point of view
I'm a loner
And now I'm in love with you


* TRANSLATION:

Wild shadows acid verbs
Eyelids opening in my heart
You touch me like the pressure
Of the stars on the darkness

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rock
• pop
• jazz
• alternative

[drmojo99]

Bruce Cockburn- a blessed and fantastic artist in every way.

[brianl890]

Bruce Cockburn is an Inspiration...Fantastic music and lyrically so rich. Can't get a better "combo" than that. His guitar playing is inspiring and this is an obscure song and a hidden gem. Had the album at one time.

[improviseonpunches]

@brianl890 I love this song, checkk out the video I made, I returned home after 17 years away, walked the streets, played music with old friends, listened to bruce.

[stapme]

Bravo

[Imacadian]

gotta love Bruce - this is such a great song!!!!!!!!!!! He is such an amazing poet - thx Bruce!!!! Hugh Marsh on violin - excellent!!

[Imacadian]

gotta love Bruce - this is such a great song!!!!!!!!!!! He is such an amazing poet - thx Bruce!!!!

[Imacadian]

gotta love Bruce - this is such a great song!!!!!!!!!!! thx Bruce!!!!

[readerwriter]

Amazing, a guiding light throughout my life.

[MrMusicalsoul]

Brian, I still have the vinyl to all BC releases... could never part with them, unlike Alice Cooper or Led Zepplin. This is a Timeless Musician.

[MsTubbytube]

@MrMusicalsoul, I wonder if you are referring to the section of the song about 4 minutes in where the narrator seems to be acknowledging someone who has left his life - the part about the "Event horizon". If you mean that the sadness and meaningless noise of this peace reflects that sadness of loss, I would agree with you.

[LoganInHumboldt]

lifted again and again and again... new depths of love for you my friend.

[haruspex13]

Such a fantastic album.