"Wondering Where the Lions Are" is a song written and performed by Bruce Cockburn.
The song was indirectly inspired by a dinner meeting between Cockburn and a relative that worked in a defense-related government position.
Cockburn was upset, and had dreams that night about lions at his front door, but not in a threatening way.
When he awoke the next morning to find war had not broken out, he began using elements of the dream to compose the song.
[2] It was Cockburn's only Top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at No.