Songs:
-- When The Spirit Walks In The Room --
31 January 2022. San Francisco


Found on:

O Sun O Moon (2023)
Lyrics:

Manhatten or Dakar
Makes no difference where you are
It doesn't matter, what you think
Or if you smoke or if you drink
You're a thread upon the loom
When the spirit walks in the room

You could be naked, could be armed
Could be charming, could be charmed
You could be open, could be closed
Be one of us or one of those
You're a thread upon the loom
When the spirit walks in the room

On the march or on the run
it matters not what you have done
Nor what you'll do, nor what you'll say
We play the role we're made to play
We're but threads upon the loom
When the spirit walks in the room

It can appear at any hour
When it comes, it comes in power
You may not walk, you may not see
But you'll become what you can be
You're a thread upon the loom
When the spirit walks in the room

We're but threads upon the loom
When the spirit walks in the room




QUAND L'ESPRIT VIENT DANS LA PIÈCE

Manhattan ou Dakar
Ne fait aucune différence où tu es
Ce que tu penses ne fait rien
Ou si tu fumes ou si tu bois
Tu es un fil sur le métier à tisser
Quand l'esprit vient dans la pièce

Tu peux être nu, peux être armé
Peux être charmant, peux être charmé
Peux être ouvert, peux être fermé
Être l'un de nous ou un de ceux-là
Tu es un fil sur le métier à tisser
Quand l'esprit vient dans la pièce

En marche ou en fuite
Ce que tu as fait ne fait rien
Ni ce que tu vas faire, ni ce que tu vas dire
Nous jouons le rôle pour lequel nous sommes faits
Nous ne sommes que des fils sur le métier à tisser
Quand l'esprit vient dans la pièce

Ça peut arriver à n'importe quelle heure
Quand il vient, il vient en puissance
Tu pourrais ne pas marcher, tu pourrais ne pas voir
Mais tu vas devenir ce que tu peux être
Tu es un fil sur le métier à tisser
Quand l'esprit vient dans la pièce

SF, 31 janvier 2022



Musicians
Bruce Cockburn / Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
Jenny Scheinman / Violin
Janice Powers / B3 Organ

Traduction français par Marcel Moussette et Jane Macaulay.

All songs by Bruce Cockburn, c 2020 Holy Drone Corp

Released on O Sun O Moon 12 May 2023





Editors Note: This song was first played in front of Humans on Sunday 26 June 2022, about 3:30pm, at Kate Wolf Music Festival on the main stage, Red Tail Hawk.
Transcribed lyrics by bobbi wisby 30June2022. Lyrics updated March 2023.

This song played for the second time on August 20, and it was noted that, "he changed a couple of “You’re's to “We’re”. -Brian Wood.






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