Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Bruce Cockburn
Canonical path: /cockburn-bruce/badlands-flashback
Related lyric paths: 6
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Badlands Flashback
Read Badlands Flashback lyrics by Bruce Cockburn on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Badlands Flashback
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the body stoops,
the hand goes out,
picks up from the gravel
a fragment of white seashell
for a moment
a roaring;
the ancient sea
fills the space that just now was mine
moving diamond-shapes,
grasses flowing;
the sudden cry of a bird
blazes all along the sky!
* * *
a herd of antelope
crosses the horizon
hooves scintillating like glass.
a laugh rings like crystal
in the empty sky --
someone is dancing like a flame!
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Bruce Cockburn performs "Badlands Flashback", and this lyric page sits inside the Bruce Cockburn catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to All The Ways I Want You and Don't Feel Your Touch with a short reason for opening each page next.
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