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Leonard Cohen - A Partisan

When they poured across the border

I was cautioned to surrender,

This I could not do;

I took my gun and vanished.

I have changed my name so often,

Ive lost my wife and children

But I have many friends,

And some of them are with me.

An old woman gave us shelter,

Kept us hidden in the garret,

Then the soldiers came;

She died without a whisper.

There were three of us this morning

Im the only one this evening

But I must go on;

The frontiers are my prison.

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,

Through the graves the wind is blowing,

Freedom soon will come;

Then well come from the shadows.

Les allemands etaient chez moi,

Ils me dirent, "signe toi,"

Mais je nai pas peur;

Jai repris mon arme.

Jai change cent fois de nom,

Jai perdu femme et enfants

Mais jai tant damis;

Jai la france entie′re.

Un vieil homme dans un grenier

Pour la nuit nous a cache,

Les allemands lont pris;

Il est mort sans surprise.

[the germans were at my home

They said, "sign yourself,"

But I am not afraid

I have retaken my weapon.

I have changed names a hundred times

I have lost wife and children

But I have so many friends

I have all of france

An old man, in an attic

Hid us for the night

The germans captured him

He died without surprise.]

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,

Through the graves the wind is blowing,

Freedom soon will come;

Then well come from the shadows.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:39

Leonard Cohen - The Gypsys Wife

And where, where, where is my gypsy wife tonight

Ive heard all the wild reports, they cant be right

But whose head is this shes dancing with on the threshing floor

Whose darkness deepens in her arms a little more

And where, where is my gypsy wife tonight?

Where, where is my gypsy wife tonight?

Ah the silver knives are flashing in the tired old cafe

A ghost climbs on the table in a bridal negligee

She says, "my body is the light, my body is the way"

I raise my arm against it all and I catch the brides bouquet

And where, where is my gypsy wife tonight? ...

Too early for the rainbow, too early for the dove

These are the final days, this is the darkness, this is the flood

And there is no man or woman who cant be touched

But you who come between them will be judged

And where, where is my gypsy wife tonight? ...

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:39

Leonard Cohen - CHELSEA HOTEL NO. 2

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
giving me head on the unmade bed,
while the limousines wait in the street.
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
we were running for the money and the flesh.
And that was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left.

Ah but you got away, didn′t you babe,
you just turned your back on the crowd,
you got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don′t need you,
I need you, I don′t need you
and all of that jiving around.

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were famous, your heart was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music."

And then you got away, didn′t you babe...

I don′t mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
I can′t keep track of each fallen robin.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
that′s all, I don′t even think of you that often.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:38

Leonard Cohen - Paper Thin Motel

The walls of this hotel are paper-thin

Last night I heard you making love to him

The struggle mouth to mouth and limb to limb

The grunt of unity when he came in

I stood there with my ear against the wall

I was not seized by jealousy at all

In fact a burden lifted from my soul

I heard that love was out of my control

A heavy burden lifted from my soul

I heard that love was out of my control

I listened to your kisses at the door

I never heard the world so clear before

You ran your bath and you began to sing

I felt so good I couldnt feel a thing

I stood there with my ear against the wall ...

And I cant wait to tell you to your face

And I cant wait for you to take my place

You are the naked angel in my heart

You are the woman with her legs apart

Its written on the walls of this hotel

You go to heaven once youve been to hell

A heavy burden lifted from my soul

I heard that love was out of my control

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:35

Leonard Cohen - Ain′t No Cure for Love

I loved you for a long, long time
I know this love is real
It don′t matter how it all went wrong
That don′t change the way I feel
And I can′t believe that time′s
Gonna heal this wound I′m speaking of
There ain′t no cure,
There ain′t no cure,
There ain′t no cure for love
I′m aching for you baby
I can′t pretend I′m not
I need to see you naked
In your body and your thought
I′ve got you like a habit
And I′ll never get enough
There ain′t no cure,
There ain′t no cure,
There ain′t no cure for love

There ain′t no cure for love
There ain′t no cure for love
All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky
The holy books are open wide
The doctors working day and night
But they′ll never ever find that cure for love
There ain′t no drink no drug
(Ah tell them, angels)
There′s nothing pure enough to be a cure for love

I see you in the subway and I see you on the bus
I see you lying down with me, I see you waking up
I see your hand, I see your hair
Your bracelets and your brush
And I call to you, I call to you
But I don′t call soft enough
There ain′t no cure,
There ain′t no cure,
There ain′t no cure for love

I walked into this empty church I had no place else to go
When the sweetest voice I ever heard, whispered to my soul
I don′t need to be forgiven for loving you so much
It′s written in the scriptures
It′s written there in blood
I even heard the angels declare it from above
There ain′t no cure,
There ain′t no cure,
There ain′t no cure for love

There ain′t no cure for love
There ain′t no cure for love
All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky
The holy books are open wide
The doctors working day and night
But they′ll never ever find that cure,
That cure for love

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:34

Leonard Cohen - The Butcher

I came upon a butcher,

He was slaughtering a lamb,

I accused him there

With his tortured lamb.

He said, "listen to me, child,

I am what I am and you, you are my only son."

Well, I found a silver needle,

I put it into my arm.

It did some good,

Did some harm.

But the nights were cold

And it almost kept me warm,

How come the night is long?

I saw some flowers growing up

Where that lamb fell down;

Was I supposed to praise my lord,

Make some kind of joyful sound?

He said, "listen, listen to me now,

I go round and round

And you, you are my only child."

Do not leave me now,

Do not leave me now,

Im broken down

From a recent fall.

Blood upon my body

And ice upon my soul,

Lead on, my son, it is your world.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:34

Leonard Cohen - Our Lady of Solitude

All summer long she touched me

She gathered in my soul

From many a thorn, from many thickets

Her fingers, like a weavers

Quick and cool

And the light came from her body

And the night went through her grace

All summer long she touched me

And I knew her, I knew her

Face to face

And her dress was blue and silver

And her words were few and small

She is the vessel of the whole wide world

Mistress, oh mistress, of us all

Dearly dead; queen of solitude

I thank you with my heart

For keeping me so close to thee

While so many, oh so many, stood apart

And the light came from her body

And the night went through her grace

All summer long she touched me

I knew her, I knew her

Face to face

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:34

Leonard Cohen - Memories

Frankie laine was singing jezebel

I pinned an iron cross to my lapel

I walked up to the tallest and the blondest girl

I said, look, you dont know me now

But very soon you will

So wont you let me see

Wont you let me see

Wont you let me see

Your naked body

Just dance me to the dark side of the gym

Chances are Ill let you do most anything

I know youre hungry, I can hear it in your voice

Theyre many parts of me to touch, you have your choice

But no you cannot see

No you cannot see

No you cannot see

My naked body

We are dancing close, the band is playing stardust

Balloons and paper streamers floating down on us

She says, youve got a minute left to fall in love

In solemn moments such as this Ive put my trust

And all my faith to see

All my faith to see

All my faith to see

Her naked body

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:33

Leonard Cohen - Master Song

I believe that you heard your master sing

When I was sick in bed

I suppose that he told you everything

That I keep locked away in my head

Your master took you traveling

Well, at least thats what you said

And now do you come back to bring

Your prisoner wine and bread

You met him at some temple

Where they take your clothes at the door

He was just a numberless man in a chair

Who had just come back from the war

And you wrap up his tired face in your hair

And he hands you the apple core

Then he touches your lips, now so suddenly bare

Of all the kisses we put on sometime before

And he gave you a german shepherd to walk

With a collar of leather and nails

And he never once made you explain or talk

About all of the little details

Such as who had a worm and who had a rock

And who had you through the mails

Now you love is a secret all over the block

And it never stops not even

When your master fails

And he took you up in his aeroplane

Which he flew without any hands

And you cruised above the ribbons of rain

That drove the crowds from the stands

Then he killed the lights in a lonely lane

And an ape with angel glands

Erased the final wisps of pain

With the music of rubber bands

And now I hear you master sing

You kneel for him to come

His body is a golden string

That your body is hanging from

His body is a golden string

My body has grown numb

O now you hear you master sing

Your shirt is all undone

And will you kneel beside this bed

That we polished so long ago

Before you master chose instead

To make my bed of snow

Your eyes are wild and your knuckles are red

And you are speaking far too low

No, I cant make out what your master said

Before he made you go

And I think youre playing far too rough

For a lady whos been to the moon

Ive lain by this window long enough

You get used to an empty room

And your love is some dust

In an old mans cuff

Who is tapping his foot to a rune

And your highs are a ruin

You want too much

Lets say you came back sometime too soon

I loved your master perfectly

And I taught him all that he knew

He was starving in some deep mystery

Like a man who is sure what is true

And I sent you to him with my guarantee

I could teach him something new

And I taught him how you would long for me

No matter what he said, no matter what you do

I believe that you heard you master sing

While I was sick in bed

Im sure that he told you everything

I must keep locked away in my head

Your master took you traveling

Well, at least thats what you said

And now do you come back to bring

Your prisoner wine and bread.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:32

Leonard Cohen - The Land of Plenty

Dont really know who sent me

To raise my voice and say:

May the lights in the land of plenty

Shine on the truth some day.

I dont know why I come here,

Knowing as I do,

What you really think of me,

What I really think of you.

For the millions in a prison,

That wealth has set apart c

For the christ who has not risen,

From the caverns of the heart c

For the innermost decision,

That we cannot but obey -

For whats left of our religion,

I lift my voice and pray:

May the lights in the land of plenty

Shine on the truth some day.

I know I said Id meet you,

Id meet you at the store,

But I cant buy it, baby.

I cant buy it anymore.

And I dont really know who sent me,

To raise my voice and say:

May the lights in the land of plenty

Shine on the truth some day.

I dont know why I come here,

Knowing as I do,

What you really think of me,

What I really think of you.

For the innermost decision

That we cannot but obey

For whats left of our religion

I lift my voice and pray:

May the lights in the land of plenty

Shine on the truth some day.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:31

Leonard Cohen - Undertow

I set out one night
When the tide was low
There were signs in the sky
But I did not know
I′d be caught in the grip
Of the undertow
Ditched on a beach
Where the sea hates to go
With a child in my arms
And a chill in my soul
And my heart the shape
Of a begging bowl

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:30

Leonard Cohen - Always

Ill be loving you always

With a love thats true, always

When the things youve planned

Need a helping hand

I will understand, always, always

Days may not be fair, always

Thats when Ill be there, always

Not for just an hour

Not for just a day

Not for just a year, but always

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:30

Leonard Cohen - The Guests

One by one, the guests arrive

The guests are coming through

The open-hearted many

The broken-hearted few

And no one knows where the night is going

And no one knows why the wine is flowing

Oh love I need you

I need you

I need you

I need you

Oh . . . I need you now

And those who dance, begin to dance

Those who weep begin

And "welcome, welcome" cries a voice

"let all my guests come in."

And no one knows where the night is going ...

And all go stumbling through that house

In lonely secrecy

Saying "do reveal yourself"

Or "why has thou forsaken me? "

And no one knows where the night is going ...

All at once the torches flare

The inner door flies open

One by one they enter there

In every style of passion

And no one knows where the night is going ...

And here they take their sweet repast

While house and grounds dissolve

And one by one the guests are cast

Beyond the garden wall

And no one knows where the night is going ...

Those who dance, begin to dance

Those who weep begin

Those who earnestly are lost

Are lost and lost again

And no one knows where the night is going ...

One by the guests arrive

The guests are coming through

The broken-hearted many

The open-hearted few

And no one knows where the night is going ...

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:29

Leonard Cohen - Villanelle For Our Time

From bitter searching of the heart,
Quickened with passion and with pain
We rise to play a greater part.
This is the faith from which we start:
Men shall know commonwealth again
From bitter searching of the heart.
We loved the easy and the smart,
But now, with keener hand and brain,
We rise to play a greater part.
The lesser loyalties depart,
And neither race nor creed remain
From bitter searching of the heart.
Not steering by the venal chart
That tricked the mass for private gain,
We rise to play a greater part.
Reshaping narrow law and art
Whose symbols are the millions slain,
From bitter searching of the heart
We rise to play a greater part.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:28

Leonard Cohen - Came So Far for Beauty

I came so far for beauty left

So much behind

My patience and my family

My masterpiece unsigned

I thought Id be rewarded

For such a lonely choice

And surely she would answer

To such a very hopeless voice

I practiced all my sainthood

I gave to one and all

But the rumours of my virtue

They moved her not at all

I changed my style to silver

I changed my clothed to black

And where I would surrender

Now I would attack I stormed the old casino

For the money and the flesh and I myself decided

What was rotten and what was fresh

And men to do my bidding

And broken bones to teach

The value of my pardon

The shadow of my reach

But no, I could not touch her

With such a heavy hand

Her star beyond my order

Her nakedness unmanned

I came so far for beauty

I left so much behind

My patience and my family

My masterpiece unsigned

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:27

Leonard Cohen - The Great Event

Its going to happen very soon. the great event which will end the horror. which will end the sorrow.
next tuesday, when the sun goes down, I will play the moonlight sonata backwards. this will

Se the effects of the worlds mad plunge into suffering, for the last 200 million years. what a
lovely night that would be. what a sigh of relief, as the senile robins become bright red again, and
the retired nightingales, pick up their dusty tails, and assert the majesty of creation!

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:26

Leonard Cohen - Nightingale

I built my house beside the wood
So I could hear you singing
And it was sweet and it was good
And love was all beginning
Fare thee well my nightingale
′Twas long ago I found you
Now all your songs of beauty fail
The forest closes ′round you
The sun goes down behind a veil
′Tis now that you would call me
So rest in peace my nightingale
Beneath your branch of holly
Fare thee well my nightingale
I lived but to be near you
Tho′ you are singing somewhere still
I can no longer hear you

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:25

Leonard Cohen - A Singer Must Die

Now the courtroom is quiet, but who will confess.

Is it true you betrayed us? the answer is yes.

Then read me the list of the crimes that are mine,

I will ask for the mercy that you love to decline.

And all the ladies go moist, and the judge has no choice,

A singer must die for the lie in his voice.

And I thank you, I thank you for doing your duty,

You keepers of truth, you guardians of beauty.

Your vision is right, my vision is wrong,

Im sorry for smudging the air with my song.

Oh, the night it is thick, my defences are hid

In the clothes of a woman I would like to forgive,

In the rings of her silk, in the hinge of her thighs,

Where I have to go begging in beautys disguise.

Oh goodnight, goodnight, my night after night,

My night after night, after night, after night, after night, after night.

I am so afraid that I listen to you,

Your sun glassed protectors they do that to you.

Its their ways to detain, their ways to disgrace,

Their knee in your balls and their fist in your face.

Yes and long live the state by whoever its made,

Sir, I didnt see nothing, I was just getting home late.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:24

Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song

Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey

I ache in the places where I used to play

And Im crazy for love but Im not coming on

Im just paying my rent every day

Oh in the tower of song

I said to hank williams: how lonely does it get?

Hank williams hasnt answered yet

But I hear him coughing all night long

A hundred floors above me

In the tower of song

I was born like this, I had no choice

I was born with the gift of a golden voice

And twenty-seven angels from the great beyond

They tied me to this table right here

In the tower of song

So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll

Im very sorry, baby, doesnt look like me at all

Im standing by the window where the light is strong

Ah they dont let a woman kill you

Not in the tower of song

Now you can say that Ive grown bitter but of this you may be sure

The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor

And theres a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong

You see, you hear these funny voices

In the tower of song

I see you standing on the other side

I dont know how the river got so wide

I loved you baby, way back when

And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed

But I feel so close to everything that we lost

Well never have to lose it again

Now I bid you farewell, I dont know when Ill be back

There moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track

But youll be hearing from me baby, long after Im gone

Ill be speaking to you sweetly

From a window in the tower of song

Yeah my friends are gone and my hair is grey

I ache in the places where I used to play

And Im crazy for love but Im not coming on

Im just paying my rent every day

Oh in the tower of song

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:24

Leonard Cohen - Because Of

Because of a few songs
Wherein I spoke of their mystery,
Women have been
Exceptionally kind
to my old age.
They make a secret place
In their busy lives
And they take me there.
They become naked
In their different ways
and they say,
"Look at me, Leonard
Look at me one last time."
Then they bend over the bed
And cover me up
Like a baby that is shivering.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:23

Leonard Cohen - True Love Leaves No Traces

As the mist leaves no scar

On the dark green hill

So my body leaves no scar

On you and never will

Through windows in the dark

The children come, the children go

Like arrows with no target

Like shackles made of snow

Chorus

True love leaves no traces

If you and I are one

Its lost in our embraces

Like stars agains the sun

As a falling leaf may rest

A moment on the air

So your head upon my breast

So my hand upon your hair

And many nights endure

Without a moon or star

So will we endure

When one is gone and far

Chorus

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:22

Leonard Cohen - Sisters of Mercy

O the sisters of mercy they are not

Departed or gone,

They were waiting for me when I thought

That I just cant go on,

And they brought me their comfort

And later they brought me this song.

O I hope you run into them

You whove been traveling so long.

Yes, you who must leave everything

That you cannot control;

It begins with your family,

But soon it comes round to your soul.

Well, Ive been where youre hanging

I think I can see how youre pinned.

When youre not feeling holy,

Your loneliness says that youve sinned.

Well they lay down beside me

I made my confession to them.

They touched both my eyes

And I touched the dew on their hem.

If your life is a leaf

That the seasons tear off and condemn

They will bind you with love

That is graceful and green as a stem.

When I left they were sleeping,

I hope you run into them soon.

Dont turn on the light

You can read their address by the moon;

And you wont make me jealous

If I hear that they sweeten your night

We werent lovers like that

And besides it would still be all right

We werent lovers like that

And besides it would still be all right.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:21

Leonard Cohen - Closing Time

So were drinking and were dancing

And the band is really happening

And the johnny walker wisdom running high

And my very sweet companion

Shes the angel of compassion

And shes rubbing half the world against her thigh

Every drinker every dancer

Lifts a happy face to thank her

And the fiddler fiddles something so sublime

All the women tear their blouses off

The men they dance on the polka-dots

And its partner found and partner lost

And its hell to pay when the fiddler stops

Its closing time

Were lonely, were romantic

And the ciders laced with acid

And the holy spirits crying, wheres the beef?

And the moon is swimming naked

And the summer night is fragrant

With a mighty expectation of relief

So we struggle and we stagger

Down the snakes and up the ladder

To the tower where the blessed hours chime

And I swear it happened just like this

A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss

The gates of love they budged an inch

I cant say much has happened since

But closing time

I loved you for your beauty

But that doesnt make a fool of me

You were in it for your beauty too

I loved you for your body

Theres a voice that sounds like God to me

Declaring that your bodys really you

I loved you when our love was blessed

And I love you now theres nothing left

But sorrow and a sense of overtime

And I miss you since the place got wrecked

By the winds of change and the weeds of sex

Looks like freedom but it feels like death

It something in betwen, I guess

Its closing time

Were drinking and were dancing

But theres nothing really happening

The place is dead as heaven on a saturday night

And my very close companion

Gets me fumbling gets me laughing

Shes a hundred but shes wearing

Something tight

I lift my glass to the awful truth

Which you cant reveal to the ears of youth

Except to say it isnt worth a dime

And the whole dam place goes crazy twice

And its once for the dvil and its once for christ

But the boss dont like these dizzy heights

Were busted in the blinding lights

Of closing time

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:21

Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song

Its true that all the men you knew were dealers

Who said they were through with dealing

Every time you gave them shelter

I know that kind of man

Its hard to hold the hand of anyone

Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.

And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind

You find he did not leave you very much

Not even laughter

Like any dealer he was watching for the card

That is so high and wild

Hell never need to deal another

He was just some joseph looking for a manger

He was just some joseph looking for a manger.

And then leaning on your window sill

Hell say one day you caused his will

To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter

And then taking from his wallet

An old schedule of trains, hell say

I told you when I came I was a stranger

I told you when I came I was a stranger.

But now another stranger seems to want you to ignore his dreams

As though they were the burden of some other

O youve seen that man before

His golden arm dispatching cards

But now its rusted from the elbow to the finger

And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter

Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter.

You hate to watch another tired man

Lay down his hand

Like he was giving up the holy game of poker

And while he talks his dreams to sleep

You notice theres a highway

That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder

Its curling up like smoke above his shoulder.

You tell him to come in sit down

But something makes you turn around

The door is open you cant close you shelter

You try the handle of the road

It opens do not be afraid

Its you my love, you who are the stranger

It is you my love, you who are the stranger.

Well, Ive been waiting, I was sure

Wed meet between the trains were waiting for

I think its time to board another

Please understand, I never had a secret chart

To get me to the heart of this

Or any other matter

Well he talks like this

You dont know what hes after

When he speaks like this,

You dont know what hes after.

Lets meet tomorrow if you chose

Upon the shore, beneath the bridge

That they are building on some endless river

Then he leaves the platform

For the sleeping car thats warm

You realize, hes only advertising one more shelter

And it comes to you, he never was a stranger

And you say ok the bridge or someplace later.

And then sweeping up the jokers

That he left behind

You find he did not leave you very much

Not even laughter

Like any dealer he was watching for the card

That is so high and wild

Hell never need to deal another

He was just some joseph looking for a manger

He was just some joseph looking for a manger.

And leaning on your window sill

Hell say one day you caused his will

To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter

And then taking from his wallet

An old schedule of trains

Hell say I told you when I came I was a stranger

I told you when I came I was a stranger.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:21

Leonard Cohen - By The Rivers Dark

By the rivers dark

I wandered on.

I lived my life

In babylon.

And I did forget

My holy song:

And I had no strength

In babylon.

By the rivers dark

Where I could not see

Who was waiting there

Who was hunting me.

And he cut my lip

And he cut my heart.

So I could not drink

From the river dark.

And he covered me,

And I saw within,

My lawless heart

And my wedding ring,

I did not know

And I could not see

Who was waiting there,

Who was hunting me.

By the rivers dark

I panicked on.

I belonged at last

To babylon.

Then he struck my heart

With a deadly force,

And he said, this heart:

It is not yours.

And he gave the wind

My wedding ring;

And he circled us

With everything.

By the rivers dark,

In a wounded dawn,

I live my life

In babylon.

Though I take my song

From a withered limb,

Both song and tree,

They sing for him.

Be the truth unsaid

And the blessing gone,

If I forget

My babylon.

I did not know

And I could not see

Who was waiting there,

Who was hunting me.

By the rivers dark,

Where it all goes on;

By the rivers dark

In babylon.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:20

Leonard Cohen - Tonight Will Be Fine

Sometimes I find I get to thinking of the past.

We swore to each other then that our love would surely last.

You kept right on loving, I went on a fast,

Now I am too thin and your love is too vast.

But I know from your eyes

And I know from your smile

That tonight will be fine,

Will be fine, will be fine, will be fine

For a while.

I choose the rooms that I live in with care,

The windows are small and the walls almost bare,

Theres only one bed and theres only one prayer;

I listen all night for your step on the stair.

But I know from your eyes

And I know from your smile

That tonight will be fine,

Will be fine, will be fine, will be fine

For a while.

Oh sometimes I see her undressing for me,

Shes the soft naked lady love meant her to be

And shes moving her body so brave and so free.

If Ive got to remember thats a fine memory.

And I know from her eyes

And I know from her smile

That tonight will be fine,

Will be fine, will be fine, will be fine

For a while.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:20

Leonard Cohen - So Long Marianne

Come over to the window, my little darling,
I′d like to try to read your palm.
I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy
before I let you take me home.
Now so long, Marianne, it′s time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

Well you know that I love to live with you,
but you make me forget so very much.
I forget to pray for the angels
and then the angels forget to pray for us.

Now so long, Marianne, it′s time that we began ...

We met when we were almost young
deep in the green lilac park.
You held on to me like I was a crucifix,
as we went kneeling through the dark.

Oh so long, Marianne, it′s time that we began ...

Your letters they all say that you′re beside me now.
Then why do I feel alone?
I′m standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
is fastening my ankle to a stone.

Now so long, Marianne, it′s time that we began ...

For now I need your hidden love.
I′m cold as a new razor blade.
You left when I told you I was curious,
I never said that I was brave.

Oh so long, Marianne, it′s time that we began ...

Oh, you are really such a pretty one.
I see you′ve gone and changed your name again.
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside,
to wash my eyelids in the rain!

Oh so long, Marianne, it′s time that we began ...

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:19

Leonard Cohen - Waiting for The Miracle

Baby, Ive been waiting

Ive been waiting night and day

I didnt see the time

I waited half my life away

There were many invitations

And I know you sent me some

But I was waiting

For the miracle to come

I know you really loved me

But, you see, my hands were tied

I know it must have hurt you

It must have hurt your pride

To stand beneath my window

With your bugle and your drum

While I was waiting

For the miracle to come

You wouldnt like it baby

You wouldnt like it here

Theres not much entertainment

And the critics are severe

The maestro says its mozart

But it sounds like bubble gum

When youre waiting

For the miracle to come

Chorus

Waiting for the miracle

Theres nothing left to do

I havent been this happy

Since the end of world war ii

Nothing left to do

When you know that youve been taken

Nothing left to do

When youre begging for a crumb

Nothing left to do

When youve got to go on waiting

For the miracle to come

I dreamed about you, baby

It was just the other night

Most of you was naked

But some of you was light

The sands of time were falling

]from your fingers and your thumb

And you were waiting

For the miracle to come

Baby, lets get married

Weve been alone too long

Lets be alone together

Lets see if were that strong

Lets do something crazy

Something absolutely wrong

While were waiting

For the miracle to come

Chorus

When youve fallen on the highway

And youre lying in the rain

And they ask you how youre feeling

Of course you say you cant complain

If youre squeezed for information

Thats when youve got to play it dumb

You just say youre out there waiting

For the miracle to come

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:19

Leonard Cohen - A Bunch of Lonesome Heros

A bunch of lonesome and very quarrelsome heroes

Were smoking out along the open road;

The night was very dark and thick between them,

Each man beneath his ordinary load.

"id like to tell my story,"

Said one of them so young and bold,

"id like to tell my story,

Before I turn into gold."

But no one really could hear him,

The night so dark and thick and green;

Well I guess that these heroes must always live there

Where you and I have only been.

Put out your cigarette, my love,

Youve been alone too long;

And some of us are very hungry now

To hear what it is youve done that was so wrong.

I sing this for the crickets,

I sing this for the army,

I sing this for your children

And for all who do not need me.

"id like to tell my story,"

Said one of them so bold,

"oh yes, Id like to tell my story

cause you know I feel Im turning into gold."

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:19

Leonard Cohen - Minute Prologue

Ive been listening

To all the dissention.

Ive been listening

To all the pain.

And I feel that no matter

What I do for you,

Its going to come back again.

But I think that I can heal it,

But I think that I can heal it,

Im a fool, but I think I can heal it

With this song.

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:18

Leonard Cohen - Lover Lover Lover

I asked my father
I said father change my name
The one I′m using now is covered up with fear and filth
And cowardice and shame.

Yes and
Loverloverloverloverloverloverlover
Come back to me
yes and
Loverloverloverloverloverloverlover
Come back to me.

He said I locked you in this body
I meant it as a kind of trial
You can use it for a weapon or to make some woman smile.

Yes and
Loverloverloverloverloverloverlover
. . .

Then let me start again I cried
please let me start again
I want a face that′s fair this time
I want a spirit that is calm.

Yes and
Loverloverloverloverloverloverlover
. . .

I never turned aside he said and never walked away
It was you who built the temple
it was you who covered up my face

Yes and
Loverloverloverloverloverloverlover
. . .

And may the spirit of this song
may it rise up pure and free
May it be a shield for you
a shield against the enemy.

Yes and
Loverloverloverloverloverloverlover
. . .

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:18

Leonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep

Don′t matter if the road is long
Don′t matter if it′s steep
Don′t matter if the moon is gone
And the darkness is complete
Don′t matter if we lose our way
It′s written that we′ll meet
At least, that′s what I heard you say
A thousand kisses deep

I loved you when you opened
Like a lily to the heat
You see, I′m just another snowman
Standing in the rain and sleet
Who loved you with his frozen love
His second hand physique
With all he is and all he was
A thousand kisses deep

I know you had to lie to me
I know you had to cheat
You learned it on your father′s knee
And at your mother′s feet
But did you have to fight your way
Across the burning street
When all our vital interests lay
A thousand kisses deep

I′m turning tricks
I′m getting fixed
I′m back on boogie street
I′d like to quit the business
But I′m in it, so to speak
The thought of you is peaceful
And the file on you complete
Except what I forgot to do
A thousand kisses deep

Don′t matter if you′re rich and strong
Don′t matter if you′re weak
Don′t matter if you write a song
The nightingales repeat
Don′t matter if it′s nine to five
Or timeless and unique
You ditch your life to stay alive
A thousand kisses deep

The ponies run
The girls are young
The odds are there to beat
You win a while, and then it′s done
Your little winning streak
And summon now to deal with your invincible defeat
You live your life as if it′s real
A thousand kisses deep

I hear their voices in the wine
That sometimes did me seek
The band is playing Auld Lang Syne
But the heart will not retreat
There′s no forsaking what you love
No existential leap
As witnessed here in time and blood
A thousand kisses deep

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:18

Leonard Cohen - The Smokey Life

Ive never seen your eyes so wide

Ive never seen your appetite quite this occupied

Elsewhere is your feast of love

I know ... where long ago we agreed to keep it light

So lets be married one more night

Its light, light enough

To let it go

Its light enough to let it go

Remember when the scenery started fading

I held you til you learned to walk on air

So dont look down the ground is gone,

Theres no one waiting anyway

The smoky life is practiced

Everywhere

So set your restless heart at ease

Take a lesson from these autumn leaves

They waste no time waiting for the snow

Dont argue now youll be late

There is nothing to investigate

Its light enough, light enough

To let it go

Light enough to let it go

Remember when the scenery started fading

I held you til you learned to walk on air

So dont look down the ground is gone,

Theres no one waiting anyway

The smoky life is practiced everywhere

Come on back if the moment lends

You can look up all my very closest friends

Light, light enough

To let it go

Its light enough to let it go

Дата написания: 27 Февраля 2024 14:08:17