Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Bruce Cockburn
Canonical path: /cockburn-bruce/a-montreal-song
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A Montreal Song
Read A Montreal Song lyrics by Bruce Cockburn on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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A Montreal Song
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I turned on the TV war news
just to look and wonder why.
Thunder crashed and red flash-flowers
bloomed a nightmare in the sky.
So i went down to the cafe
just to string myself along.
On the way i found some riches --
played the jukebox, got this song.
While i sat there a ragged man came --
bummed a coffee, talked awhile.
Told me stories full of wonder --
left me laughing like a well-loved child.
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Bruce Cockburn performs "A Montreal Song", and this lyric page sits inside the Bruce Cockburn catalog on LyroVerse.
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