Missing Children Lyrics - Cowboy Junkies

You only see them briefly 

Perhaps just one edition 

Their end-of-year photo stares out 

We only see them briefly 

And it's muggin' politicians 

Cock-eyed, their faces stare out 

But for some their image still burns bright 

Like the glow of a tiger or a light 

Switched-off, but once stared-at 

With such intense concentration 

You only see them briefly 

Then it's idle conversation 

Their perfect frozen bodies certain 

You only see them briefly 

Then it's fear and degradation 

Their dusty, bloodied bodies lie here 

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But for some their image still burns bright 

Like the glow of a tiger or a light 

Switched-off, but once stared-at 

With such intense concentration 

And one shoulder and one arm 

Can twist the sinews of thy heart 

And when thy heart began to beat 

What dread hands and what dread feet 

What the hammer, what the chain 

You are falling towards that rain 

What the anvil, what dread grasps 

Dare its deadly terror grasps 

You only see them briefly 

Then it's shame and flagellation 

Their end-of-year photos stare out 

Photos 

Wind starts to down their spears 

And water heaven with their tears 

Did he smile, it's worth to see 

Did he who made them glare briefly 

You only see them briefly 

Then reach to change the station 

Their frozen perfect faces stare out