The Gift

Bruce Cockburn

These shoes have walked some strange streets 
Stranger still to come 
Sometimes the prayers of strangers 
Are all that keeps them from 
Trying to stay static 
Something even death can't do 
Everything is motion 
To the motion be true 

In this cold commodity culture 
Where you lay your money down 
It's hard to even notice 
That all this earth is hallowed ground 
Harder still to feel it 
Basic as a breath 
Love is stronger than darkness 
Love is stronger than death 

The gift 
Keeps moving 
Never know 
Where it's going to land 
You must stand 
Back and let it 
Keep on changing hands 

Hackles rise in anger 
Heat waves rise in sex 
The gift moves on regardless 
Tying this world to the next 
May you never tire of waiting 
Never feel that life is cheap 
May your life be filled with light 
Except for when you're trying to sleep 

The gift 
Keeps moving 
Never know 
Where it's going to land 
You must stand 
Back and let it 
Keep on changing hands