In the place my wonder comes from
There I find you
Your face shines in my sky
In your heart where the world comes from
There you will find me
Your eyes dance in my mind
Come with me
We will sail on the wind
We will sway among the yellow grass
When you be beside me
I am real
Though my eyes be closed forever
Still I would find you
You shine across my time
Come with me
We will sail on the wind
We will sway among the yellow grass
When you be beside me
I am real
In the place my wonder comes from
There I find you
Known comments by Bruce Cockburn about this song, by date:
1977
Here's an accounting of what led to the tale Bruce tells on the live Circles in the Stream album, regarding the song by Gilles Binchois. This came from the source, Mark Doble:
Gilles Binchois was born around 1400 and was one of the leading figures of the Burgundian School of Rennaisance Music. The night before the Massey Hall concerts in 1977 where "Circles In the Stream" was recorded, Bruce played at Hamilton Place. I was a music major at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It was the night before my final exam in music history (Rennaisance Music history that is) and I was all studied out, so I decided to reward myself by going down to hear Bruce Cockburn. About half way throught the concert he starts talking about this "14th century composer" Gilles Binchois. I couldn't believe it! Here I was supposed to be home studying this relatively obscure musician and Bruce Cockburn of all people is playing one of his pieces! Immediately, I spotted the error by Bruce. So after the concert, I made my way back stage and met Bruce and corrected him on his music history. He was very nice to talk to and autographed my program with the words "To Mark. Thanks for the correction." I still have the program somewhere in my files. The next night, Bruce records his live album and lo and behold MY big moment on True North Records!
It gets better. 2 years later, Bruce is at Hamilton Place again. I went to see him. Great concert as usual, went backstage and before I could say a word, he says "I remember you from last time. You told me about the classical guitar piece." I couldn't believe that he would remember something like that but he did. We chatted for several minutes. The next year he plays Hamilton Place again and in the middle of the concert, asks the audience if I'm there. I wasn't, but some of my friends from University were and did they ever give me the gears about not being there!
- Courtesy of Frank Brusca.
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