Wondering Where The Lions Are

by Bruce Cockburn

from the album Hoot

Lyrics

Sun’s up, uh huh, looks okay
The world survives into another day
And I’m thinking about eternity
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me

I had another dream about the lions at the door
They weren’t half as frightening as they were before
But I’m thinking about eternity
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me

Walls, windows, trees, waves coming through
You be in me and I’ll be in you
Together in eternity
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me

Up among the firs where it smells so sweet
Or down in the valley where the river used to be
I got my mind on eternity
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me

And I’m wondering where the lions are
I’m wondering where the lions are
I’m wondering where the lions are
I’m wondering where the lions are

Huge orange flying boat rises off a lake
Thousand year old petroglyph’s doing a double take
Pointing a finger at eternity
Sitting here in the middle of this ecstasy

Freighters on the nod on the surface of the bay
One of these days we’re going to sail away
Gonna sail into eternity
Some kind of ecstasy’s got a hold on me

And I’m wondering where the lions are
I’m wondering where the lions are
I’m wondering where the lions are

I’m wondering where the lions are
I’m wondering where the lions are
I’m wondering where the lions are