January In the Halifax Airport Lounge Bruce Cockburn

[Verse 1]
Distant times in distant lands
Worthless money changing hands
"Changing them to what?" I wonder
As in the dust the jet plane thunders
Carries every feeling into gloom
I miss you like I miss the flowers in bloom

[Verse 2]
There's a crisis in the outer world
In the sky the smoke trails curl
Some Winnipeg boys are Cyprus-bound
I hope they live to touch home ground
I hope we live to touch, if just once more
I need you like the river needs the shore

[Verse 3]
In life so delicate and strange
Understanding seldom comes in range
We stumble through familiar scenes
Never thinking what it means
In this cluttered landscape to be loved
I need you like I need the stars above

[Outro]
I need you like I need the stars above