Lyrics Shepherds - Bruce Cockburn

Shepherds

They wake up suddenly in the night
There is light
And figures dancing in the sky
Clothed in more colours than the world can contain
Gloria in excelsis
And all the silences of the night
Leap in song
Like that of a river cascading
From the wild mountain to the slow human plain
Gloria in excelsis
A child’s cry sounds from far away
It’s almost day
And in the brown-aired town away below
Street travelers reap a star harvest
And then go on their way
Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison