Bruce Cockburn - Songs - Song For Touring Around The Stars

SONGS:
-- Song For Touring Around The Stars --
1995

Lyrics:

See the scorpion's eye
It glitters red
And the eagle's spreading wings
They soar above

And the eyes of little dog
Are twinkling blue
And the shining snake is coiled up
Deep as love

And Orion's song sung from so far away
Encoded in the dew and gleaming frost
Past where the clouds that clothe Andromeda
Float before the mouths of fishes paired

And turning five stars north of Great Bear's paw
Set in the forehead of the Little Bear
The target of our flight is shining down
signaling the heart of everyone

Known comments by Bruce Cockburn about this song, by date:

Editor's note - Found on "Mental Sound Sketch", a tribute to Japanese poet/author Kenji Miyazawa.

12 April 2010 - Corrected lyrics for this song and album info thanks to Dave Powers.

Arrangement: Bruce Cockburn
Vocal, Guitar & other instruments: Bruce Cockburn
Sony Music SRCL 2800
Š1993 Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

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