Album: Stealing Fire (1984)

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• Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by
  You never get 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
  But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
  Got to kick at the darkness 'til 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 Writer/s: Bruce Cockburn
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Comments: 7

• Keith Vanevery from Paris, Ontario, Canada I just heard this song in the radio, and for once, kind of paid attention to the actual words. Especially:
  
  Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
  Gotta kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight
  
  I’m in a relationship with a wonderful lady who suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder. When I heard this part, I thought for sure it was inspired by Bruce Cockburn being involved with a partner with the same condition
• Kevin Mccluskey from Boston, MaWith all due respect, there are Canadian accents, but no pan-country accent that makes everybody sound the same. The closest thing to a "Canadian" accent is, ironically, the American broadcaster Peter Jennings, who was born and raised in Canada. People working in Mass Media are told to "get an FM voice or get on out of here." I find all of this kind of stuff very, very inneresting, eh?
• Susan from Airdrie, -I'm a Canadian. Yeah, there is something different about the music. I can't put my finger on it, either, though. Maybe Americans put it out there more somehow? I don't mean that in a mean way, I just mean more showy.
• Nighthawk from Marble Falls, ArCanadian songs, like a Canadian accent, sound different. I don't know why, they just do.
• Pierre from Madbury, NhHow does Canadian sound? No sure, eh.;-)
• Cailie from Flin Flon, MbJust curious....how does canadian sound???
• Tom from Marble Falls, ArI like a lot of BNL songs, but I actually like this one the best! It's even better than Cockburn and Fogelberg's version. It's more Canadian than their other songs, if that makes sense (no, I'm not Canadian).

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