Bruce Cockburn - Tried and Tested lyrics

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[Bruce Cockburn - Tried and Tested lyrics]

Tried and tested tried and tested

By the cries of birds by the lies I've heard
By my own loose talk by the way I walk
By the claws of beasts
By the laws of priests
By the glutton's feast by the word police

By the planet's arc by the falling dark
By the state of the art
By the beat of my heart by dark finance
By the marketing dance by the poverty trance
By the fateful glance

Tried and tested tried and tested

By the pressure to rhyme
By the wages of crime by the drop of a dime
By the ghost of the times
By the spurs of desire
By "What does love require"

By what I waited for
By what showed up at the door

By the nation wide by the tears I've cried
By the lure of false pride
By the need to take sides
By the weight of choice
By the still small voice by things I forget
By what I haven't met yet

Tried and tested tried and tested

Pierced by beauty's blade and skinned by wind
Begged for more was given begged again
I'm still here i'm still here

Tried and tested tried and tested
Tried and tested

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