Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
[Verse 1]
Haze hangs over hills
Bright in the morning breeze
It's warm in the endless sunshine
Not so good to breathe
[Verse 2]
Smoke of a thousand fires
Filling up the sky
All around the great wide world—
Forecast: warm and dry
[Verse 3]
Hills of California
Romania and France
Algeria, Australia
Siberia's expanse
[Verse 4]
The countryside of Greece and Spain
The Amazon the same—
From the tundra to the tropics
Our world's gone up in flames
[Chorus]
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
[Verse 5]
Even up north in Iqaluit
Where therе's not a tree for miles
Fire shoots out the kitchеn taps
Apocalyptic style
[Verse 6]
Waters rise, grassland dries
Mother Earth, she weeps
Willful ignorance and greed
Prevail while reason sleeps
[Verse 7]
There are people who live to believe
In the good we all can make
There are people who live to believe
In how much they can take
[Verse 8]
Ashes and mudslides all around—
Is this any way to go?
Got to think past your bank account
To keep the world we know
[Chorus]
Hey hey hey (Takvatuak silarjuak)
Hey hey hey (Tamnatuummat silarjuak)
Hey hey hey (Unatuummat silarjuak)
Hey hey hey (Taamnatuummat silarjuak)
[Outro]
There's a drive to live at the heart of things
Gotta sink a pipe into that spring
And let it water everything
To keep the world we know
There's a drive to live at the heart of things
Gotta sink a pipe into that spring
Let it water everything
To keep the world we know
To keep the world we know
To keep the world we know
To Keep the World We Know was written by Bruce Cockburn & Susan Aglukark.
To Keep the World We Know was produced by Colin Linden.
Bruce Cockburn released To Keep the World We Know on Fri May 12 2023.