Bruce Cockburn

I sneaked across the border
It was threatening rain
So I could stand in this tunnel waiting for the roaring train
And watch those black kids working out Kung Fu moves
If you dont want to be the horses footprints, youve got to be the hooves
Hear that lonesome violin play
See the notes float up into the overcast
And change to white birds as they sail on through
And soar away free into incandescent blue
People getting ready behind all these rectangles of light
"Put on your grin mask, babe
You know were stepping out tonight"
You hear that sound like hammers, only small?
Its what peoples heads say when they beat them against the wall
Concrete vortex sucks down the wind
Its howling like a blinded violin
Oh, tongues of fire, come down and kiss my brow
If I ever needed you, well, I need you now
[ Incandescent Blue Lyrics ]