How Do You Do That?

Cable Car dare devil dangles
A speck in Table Mountain’s shadow
I’m caught in the mystery of the sun going down
And the light thrown by the afterglow
I hover in the gaze of eternity
Suspended in the depth of the mystery
Bombarded by the bright of belovedness
The ridiculous grace that God has given me

How do you do that
With the same time of night
Turn the days benediction
Into installations of light
How do you do that
With the same cloth of skies
Tie die the colour scapes
Into exclusive surprise.

Bruce Cockburn fretboard dancing
Says he’s doing it in the dragon’s jaw
The Lions Head stands like an altar
Surrounded by the majesty that Moses saw
Moon minted in the blue of evening
Orange blast of days dying embers
In our time but way beyond us
A beauty that can never be remembered

How do you do that
With the same time of night
Turn the day’s benediction
Into installations of light
How do you do that
With the same cloth of skies
Tie die the colour scapes
Into exclusive surprise.

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