PIOSENKI LEONARD COHEN
DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye6JssTdnvw
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove And dance me to the end of love yeah dance me to the end of love
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon Show me slowly what I only know the limits of Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the wedding now dance me on and on Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long We're both of us beneath our love we're both of us above And dance me to the end of love yeah, dance me to the end of love
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Dance me to the children who are asking to be born Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn Raise a tent of shelter now though every thread is torn And dance me to the end of love
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love |
FAITH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRyF1lRuTmI
The sea so deep and blind The sun, the wild regret The club, the wheel, the mind, O love, aren't you tired yet? The club, the wheel, the mind O love, aren't you tired yet? The blood, the soil, the faith These words you can't forget Your vow, your holy place O love, aren't you tired yet? The blood, the soil, the faith O love, aren't you tired yet? A cross on every hill A star, a minaret So many graves to fill O love, aren't you tired yet? So many graves to fill O love, aren't you tired yet? The sea so deep and blind Where still the sun must set And time itself unwind O love, aren't you tired yet? And time itself unwind O love, aren't you tired yet? |
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FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pXBisteRms
It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm writing you now just to see if you're better New York is cold, but I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton street all through the evening I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert You're living for nothing now I hope you're keeping some kind of record
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear Did you ever go clear?
On the last time we saw you, you looked so much older Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder You'd been to the station to meet every train You came home without Lili Marlene You treated my woman to a flake of your life And when she came back she was nobody's wife Well; I see you there with a rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief Well I see Jane's awake She sends her regards
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And what can I tell you, my brother, my killer What can I possibly say I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you I'm glad you stood in my way If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me Well, your enemy is sleeping and his woman is free
Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried And Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear
Sincerely, L. Cohen |
GYPSY’S WIFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9K-3JTzP6I
And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right But whose head is this she's 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 bride's bouquet
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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 can't be touched But you who come between them will be judged
And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?... |
HALLELUYAH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q
I’ve heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Baby I have been here before I know this room, I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you I've seen your flag on the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
There was a time when you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show it to me, do you? And remember when I moved in you The holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Maybe there’s a God above But all I’ve ever learned from love Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you It’s not a cry you can hear at night It’s not somebody who has seen the light It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light in every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah |
I’M YOUR MAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW8rFho6In8
If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you If you want a partner Take my hand Or if you want to strike me down in anger Here I stand I'm your man
If you want a boxer I will step into the ring for you And if you want a doctor I'll examine every inch of you If you want a driver Climb inside Or if you want to take me for a ride You know you can I'm your man
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Ah, the moon's too bright The chain's too tight The beast won't go to sleep I've been running through these promises to you That I made and I could not keep Ah but a man never got a woman back Not by begging on his knees Or I'd crawl to you baby And I'd fall at your feet And I'd howl at your beauty Like a dog in heat And I'd claw at your heart And I'd tear at your sheet I'd say please, please I'm your man
And if you've got to sleep A moment on the road I will steer for you And if you want to work the street alone I'll disappear for you If you want a father for your child Or only want to walk with me a while Across the sand I'm your man
If you want a lover I'll do anything that you ask me to And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you |
IN MY SECRET LIFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7oNpzBSGc
I saw you this morning. You were moving so fast. Can’t seem to loosen my grip On the past. And I miss you so much. There’s no one in sight. And we’re still making love In My Secret Life.
I smile when I’m angry. I cheat and I lie. I do what I have to do To get by. But I know what is wrong, And I know what is right. And I’d die for the truth In My Secret Life.
Hold on, hold on, my brother. My sister, hold on tight. I finally got my orders. I’ll be marching through the morning, Marching through the night, Moving cross the borders Of My Secret Life.
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Looked through the paper. Makes you want to cry. Nobody cares if the people Live or die. And the dealer wants you thinking That it’s either black or white. Thank G-d it’s not that simple In My Secret Life.
I bite my lip. I buy what I’m told: From the latest hit, To the wisdom of old. But I’m always alone. And my heart is like ice. And it’s crowded and cold In My Secret Life. |
LAND OF PLENTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHMxKgNbATo
Don't really have the courage To stand where I must stand. Don't really have the temperament To lend a helping hand.
Don't 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 don't 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 - For the Christ who has not risen, From the caverns of the heart -
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For the innermost decision, That we cannot but obey - For what's 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 I'd meet you, I'd meet you at the store, But I can't buy it, baby. I can't buy it anymore.
And I don't 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.
For the innermost decision That we cannot but obey For what's left of our religion I lift my voice and pray: May the lights in The Land of Plenty Shine on the truth some day. |
NANCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R2LlrgWcak
It's seemd so long ago Nancy was alone, looking at the Late Late show through a semi?precious stone. In the House of Honesty her father was on trial, in the House of Mystery there was no one at all, there was no one there at all.
It seems so long ago, none of us were very strong; Ah, but Nancy wore green stockings and she, she slept with everyone. She never said she'd wait for us even though she was alone, I think she fell in love for us in nineteen sixty one, in nineteen sixty one.
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Ah the morning would not come, Nancy was alone, a forty five beside her head, an open telephone. Yes, we told her she was beautiful, we all told her she was free but none of us could meet her in the House of Mystery, the House of Mystery.
And now why don't you look around you, see her everywhere, many of you who used her body, many combed her hair. And in the hollow of the night when you are cold and numb you hear her talking freely then, she's happy that you've come, she's happy that you've come. |
SOLIDARITY FOREVER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jsQEwW4DVw
They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn We will break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn that The union makes us strong Solidarity Forever, Solidarity Forever, Solidarity Forever For the union makes us strong
In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold Greater than the might of atoms multiplied a thousand-fold We will give birth a new world from the ashes of the old for But the union makes us strong Solidarity Forever, Solidarity Forever, Solidarity Forever For the union makes us strong
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It is we who plowed the prairies, build the cities where they trade Dug the mines and build the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid Now we stand outcast and starving 'mid these wonders we have made but The union makes us strong Solidarity Forever, Solidarity Forever, Solidarity Forever For the union makes us strong
When the union's inspiration through the workers blood shall run There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun Yet what force on Earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one but The union makes us strong Solidarity Forever, Solidarity Forever, Solidarity Forever For the union makes us strong |
SUZANNE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snMOmHzgssk
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer That you've always been her lover And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind. And they will lean that way forever While Suzanne holds the mirror And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that you can trust her For she's touched your perfect body with her mind. |
And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him He said "All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them" But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you think maybe you'll trust him For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.
Now Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you to the river She is wearing rags and feathers From Salvation Army counters And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour And she shows you where to look Among the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning They are leaning out for love
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TONIGHT WILL BE FINE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5MUdNyaYoo
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, there's only one bed and there's only one prayer; I listen all night for your step on the stair.
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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, she's the soft naked lady love meant her to be and she's moving her body so brave and so free. If I've got to remember that's 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. |
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFULL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSsguF6Laj8
You are so beautiful To me You are so beautiful To me Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for You're everything I need You are so beautiful to me You are so beautiful to me
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You are so beautiful To me Can't you see You're everything I hoped for You're every, everything I need You are so beautiful to me |
YOU KNOW WHO I AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPkUyPU6nw4
I cannot follow you, my love, you cannot follow me. I am the distance you put between all of the moments that we will be. You know who I am, you've stared at the sun, well I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.
Sometimes I need you naked, sometimes I need you wild, I need you to carry my children in and I need you to kill a child.
You know who I am...
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If you should ever track me down I will surrender there and I will leave with you one broken man whom I will teach you to repair.
You know who I am...
I cannot follow you, my love, you cannot follow me. I am the distance you put between all of the moments that we will be.
You know who I am... |