Bruce Cockburn Hills Of Morning Lyrics

Hills Of Morning Lyrics

Underneath the mask of the sulphur sky

A bunch of us were busy waiting,

Watching the people looking ill-at-ease,

Watching the fraying rope get
closer to breaking 



Women and men moved back and forth

In
between effect and cause

And just beyond the range of normal sight

This glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws 



Let me
be a little of your breath

Moving over the face of the deep --

I
want to be a particle of your light

Flowing over the hills of morning 



The only sign you gave of who you were

When you first came
walking down the road,

Was the way the dust motes danced around

Your feet in a cloud of gold 



But everything you see's not the
way it seems --

Tears can sing and joy shed tears.

You can take the
wisdom of this world

And give it to the ones who think it all ends here




Let me be a little of your breath

Moving over the face of
the deep --

I want to be a particle of your light

Flowing over the
hills of morning