Bruce Cockburn

right|275px|thumb|Bruce CockburnIf I had a rocket launcher.. Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC (born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. As of 2006 he has released 29 albums. Mr. Cockburn was born in Ottawa and spent a portion of his childhood on a farm near Pembroke. He attended Nepean High School in Ottawa and Berklee School of Music in Boston. Cockburn was inducted as a Member to the Order of Canada in 1982 and promoted to Officer in 2002. He is also the recipient of five Honorary Doctorates. Sourced right|175px|thumb|All the diamonds... Salt, Sun and Time (1974) All the diamonds in this worldThat mean anything to meAre conjured upby wind and sunlight sparkling on the seaI ran aground in a harbor townLost the taste for being freeThank God he sent some gull chased shipTo carry me to sea... All the Diamonds in the World, Track 1 In the Falling Dark (1976) Catching the light and falling into dark And the world fades out like an overheard remark...In the falling dark Title track, In The Falling Dark (See also: John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 62-63) Just Listen.. Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws (1979) right|195px|thumb|Wondering where the lions are... Had another dream about the lions at the doorThey were not half as frightening as they were beforeBut I'm thinking about eternitySome kind'a ecstasy's got a hold on meWalls, windows, trees, waves coming throughYou be in me I'll be in youTogether in eternitySome kind'a ecstasy's got a hold on meUp among the firs where it smells so sweetOr down in the valley were the river used to beI got my mind on eternitySome kind'a ecstasy's got a hold on me, and I'mWondering where the lions are and I'mWondering where the lions are... Wondering Where the Lions Are, Track 6 (See also:Ottawa Valley and Algonquin Park) Stealing Fire (1984) Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by? These fragile bodies of touch and tasteThis vibrant skin, this hair like laceSpirits open to the thrust of graceNever a breath you can afford to waste, when you'reLovers in a dangerous timeLovers in a dangerous time... Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fightyou got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight Lovers in a Dangerous Time, Track 1 right|225px|thumb|Situation desperate... I want to raise every voiceAt least I got to tryEvery time I think about itWater rises to my eyesSituation desperateEchoes of the victims cryIf I had a rocket launcherIf I had a rocket launcherIf I had a rocket launcher Some son of a bitch would die If I Had a Rocket Launcher, Track 8 Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu (1999) If this were the last night of the worldWhat would I doWhat would I do that was differentUnless it was champagne with you... Last Night of the World External links Category:Poets from Canada Category:People from Ottawa Category:Guitarists from Canada Category:Folk singers Category:Singer-songwriters from Canada Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Officers of the Order of Canada