Tried and Tested Bruce Cockburn

[Chorus]
Tried and tested
Tried and tested

[Verse 1]
By the cries of birds
By the lies I've heard
By my own loose talk
By the way I walk
By the claws of beasts
By the laws of priests
By the glutton's feast
By the word police

[Verse 2]
By the planet's arc
By the falling dark
By the state of the art
By the beat of my heart
By dark finance
By the marketing dance
By the poverty trance
By the fateful glance

[Chorus]
Tried and tested
Tried and tested