New live video! "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" by Bruce Cockburn (cover by Kay Clarity)
I have long been singing and performing this song, and am happy to share it today. It's a classic by Bruce Cockburn, a great Canadian lyricist and songwriter. It was covered by the Barenaked Ladies (BNL) in the early 90s and made it extremely, quintessentially Canadian in their video, so it's a great introduction to my "Songs for Canada" theme.
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As to the song's meaning, Bruce Cockburn wrote it in the midst of the Cold War and under that constant sense of threat and dread. He saw a couple at the park and built the song around the idea of the courage it takes to love in the midst of whatever distressing events are taking place--to choose to be a lover in a dangerous time.
Special thanks to Fr. Darryl Millette for the sound & video. Filmed in Saskatoon, Canada.
Lyrics below.
This is part of an ongoing "song theme" series I'll be doing throughout 2020 with regular YouTube commentary. I'll be sharing the gamut from politics, culture, and art, to love, injustice, and true humanity.
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"Lovers In A Dangerous Time" (Bruce Cockburn)
Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by?
You never seem to stop and open your eyes
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall
The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
These fragile bodies of touch and taste
This vibrant skin, this hair like lace
Spirits open to the thrust of grace
Never a breath you can afford to waste
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime
Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
Got to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time