Bruce Cockburn - Scanning These Crowds lyrics

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[Bruce Cockburn - Scanning These Crowds lyrics]

I was half asleep in the
Washroom when they came in
Eyes like moonlight on barbed wire
And veins showing under the skin
The uniforms made me nervous
I got ready for the chase
But they left me scanning these crowds
For some sign of your face

Something fell on Saskatchewan in 1885
Where is it now that we need it
In this century of jive?
The axe falls as if through water
Never leaves a trace
And I'm scanning these crowds for
Some sign of your face

The world shot down love as a spy
Once upon a time ago
Now people stand around here
Like crows in the snow

Like the shadow of the rope on Louis Riel
They look so clean out of place
And I'm scanning these crowds for
Some sign of your face

Though storms may still kiss the
Grasslands with primal fire
In the land of passive revolution
Everything's for hire
Are they demons, are they lemmings
Or just the humans in this place?
Lord, I'm scanning these crowds for
Some sign of your face
Scanning these crowds for some
Sign of your face

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