#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# #This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation # #of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or # #research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or other monospaced font. # #See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information. # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Subject: c/cockburn_bruce/pacing_the_cage.crd Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 00:29:28 GMT From: pgfn95a@prodigy.com Bruce Cockburn Pacing The Cage written by Bruce Cockburn E B A Sunset is an angel weeping E B A Holding out a bloody sword E B A No matter how I squint I cannot E B A Make out what it's pointing toward A B Sometimes you feel like you've lived too long C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7 Days drip slowly on the page A 7 You catch yourself Pacing the cage E B A I've proven who I am so many times E B A The magnetic strips worn thin E B A And each time I was someone else E B A And everyone was taken in A B Powers chatter in high places C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7 Stir up eddies in the dust of rage A 7 Set me to pacing the cage E B A I never knew what you all wanted E B A So I gave you everything E B A All that I could pillage E B A All the spells that I could sing A B It's as if the thing were written C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7 In the constitution of the age A 7 Sooner or later you'll wind up Pacing the cage SOLO E B A Sometimes the best map will not guide you E B A You can't see what's round the bend E B A Sometimes the road leads through dark places E B A Sometimes the darkness is your friend A B Today these eyes scan bleached out land C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7 For the coming of the outbound stage A 7 Pacing the cage E Pacing the cage From The Charity Of Night CD 1997 RYKO Records Golden Mountain Music BMI