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January In The Halifax
Bruce Cockburn
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January in the Halifax Airport Lounge - Bruce Cockburn
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From "Joy Will Find A Way".
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).
Thanks to Steve Meger (sam@michaelsengineering.com) for suggestions.
Drop-D tuning.
Capo 1st fret.
4/4 time.
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Distant times in distant lands
There's a crisis in the outer world
In life so delicate and strange
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Worthless money changing hands
In the sky the smoke trails curl
Understanding seldom comes in range
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Changing them to what? I wonder
Some Winnipeg boys are Cypress bound
We stumble through familiar scenes
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As in the dust a jet plane thunders
I hope they live to touch home ground
Never thinking what it means
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Carries every feeling into blue
I hope we live to touch if just once more
In this cluttered landscape to be loved
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I miss you like I miss the flowers in bloom
I need you like the river needs the shore
I need you like I need the stars above
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I need you like I need the stars above
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