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bruce cockburn - to keep the world we know lyrics

[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

- bruce cockburn lyrics

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