Beautiful Creatures Lyrics - Life Short Call Now - Bruce Cockburn

There's a knot in my gut 

As I gaze out today 

On the planes of the city 

All polychrome grey 

When the skin is peeled of it 

What is there to say? 

The beautiful creatures are going away 

Like a dam on a river 

My conscience is pressed 

By the weight of hard feelings 

Piled up in my breast 

The callous and vicious things 

Humans display 

The beautiful creatures are going away 

Why? Why? 

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From the stones of the fortress 

To the shapes in the air 

To the ache in the spirit 

We label despair 

We create what destroys, 

Bind ourselves to betray 

The beautiful creatures are going away 

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