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Artist: Bruce Cockburn
Canonical path: /cockburn-bruce/waiting-for-the-moon
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Waiting For The Moon
Read Waiting For The Moon lyrics by Bruce Cockburn on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Waiting For The Moon
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Body lines fluid in static heat
Thoughts buzzing like flies around meat
Land here - land there - Quick circles in the air
I'm riding smooth but just a little slow
Waiting for the moon to show
Leather-faced old men by the cafe wall
Kids in the surf splashing with a soccer ball
I gaze through curved lens
Trying to identify the sky's end
Little spots on the horizon into gunboats grow
Waiting for the moon to show
Might be a party - might be a war
When those faceless sailors come ashore
Speculation is a waste of time
You want to go have a glass of wine?
Whatever's coming, there's no place else to go
Waiting for the moon to show
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Bruce Cockburn performs "Waiting For The Moon", and this lyric page sits inside the Bruce Cockburn catalog on LyroVerse.
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