To Raise the Morning Star - Bruce Cockburn

    rising like lightspill from this sleeping town
    like the light in a lover's eyes
    rising from the hearts of the sleepers all around
    all those dreamers trying to light the sky

    burning -- all night long
    burning -- at the gates of dawn
    singing -- near and far
    singing -- to raise the morning star

    rising like lightning in the pregnant air
    it's electric -- i can feel its might
    i can feel it crackling in my nails and hair --
    makes me feel like i'm dancing on feet of light

    burning -- all night long
    burning -- at the gates of dawn
    singing -- near and far
    singing -- to raise the morning star

    singing for the yellow and the brown and the black
    for the red and the white people, too
    dovetailing strong points with the things we lack
    singing for the people like me and you

    burning -- all night long
    burning -- at the gates of dawn
    singing -- near and far
    singing -- to raise the morning star

    (TORONTO AND SYDNEY, (AUS.) -- SEPTEMBER 1983)

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