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A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
Alexandra Leaving
Suddenly the night has grown colder. The god of love preparing to
depart. Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder, They slip between the sentries of the ....
Always
(Oh friends, .. don't matter if you're a man or a woman.
If you're in love with somebody, these are the words that you got ....
Angels Eyes
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Angels) You are an
angel, dare You mess around down there Arms open wide to save Mankind ....
Anthem
The birds they sang at the break of day Start again I
heard them say Don't dwell on what has passed away or what is ....
Avalanche
Well I stepped into an avalanche, it covered up my soul; when
I am not this hunchback that you see, I sleep beneath the golden ....
Ballad Of The Absent Mare
Say a prayer for the cowboy His mare's run away And he'll
walk til he finds her His darling, his stray but the river's in ....
Be For Real
Are you back in my life to stay Or is it just
for today Oh that you're gonna need me If it's a thrill you're ....
Bird On The Wire
Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight
choir I have tried in my way to be free. Like a worm ....
Boogie Street
O Crown of Light, O Darkened One, I never thought we’d meet.
You kiss my lips, and then it’s done: I’m back on Boogie Street. ....
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 ....
Chelsea Hotel #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 ....
Clap! Clap!
(Mirror Song) (Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Michael) I
never thought I'd get this far (Audience) We always knew you would (Michael) ....
Closing Time
Ah we're drinking and we're dancing and the band is really happening
and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high And my very sweet companion she's ....
Coming Back
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Angels) You can't do
this You must do what We must do what must be done (Judy) ....
Coming Back To You
Maybe I'm still hurting I can't turn the other cheek But you
know that I still love you It's just that I can't speak I ....
Dance Me To The End Of Love
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 ....
Death Of A Ladies' Man
Ah the man she wanted all her life was hanging by a
thread "I never even knew how much I wanted you," she said. His ....
Democracy
It's coming through a hole in the air, from those nights in
Tiananmen Square. It's coming from the feel that this ain't exactly real, or ....
Diamonds In The Mine
The woman in blue, she's asking for revenge, the man in white
-- that's you -- says he has no friends. The river is swollen ....
Do I Have To Dance All Night
I'm Forty-One, the moon is full, you make love very well. You
touch me like I touch myself, I like you Mademoiselle. You're so fresh ....
Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On
I was born in a beauty salon My father was a dresser
of hair My mother was a girl you could call on When you ....
Dress Rehearsal Rag
Four o'clock in the afternoon and I didn't feel like very much.
I said to myself, "Where are you golden boy, where is your famous ....
Everybody Knows
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers
crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys ....
Famous Blue Raincoat
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 ....
Field Commander Cohen
Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy. Wounded in the
line of duty, parachuting acid into diplomatic cocktail parties, urging Fidel Castro to ....
Fingerprints
I touched you once too often Now I don't know who I
am My fingerprints were missing When I wiped away the jam Yes I ....
Fire
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Michael) I burnt the
house of love tonight It made a perfect ring In which I saw ....
First We Take Manhattan
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change
the system from within I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them First ....
God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot
(Lyrics: Cohen, Recorded By Buffy Sainte-Marie) God is alive, magic is afoot
God is alive, magic is afoot God is alive, magic is afoot God ....
Hallelujah
Now 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 ....
Heart With No Companion
I greet you from the other side Of sorrow and despair With
a love so vast and shattered It will reach you everywhere And I ....
Here It Is
Here is your crown And your seal and rings; And here is
your love For all things. Here is your cart, And your cardboard and ....
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your
hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm, yes, many loved before ....
Humbled In Love
Do you remember all of those pledges That we pledged in the
passionate night Ah they're soiled now, they're torn at the edges Like moths ....
Hunter's Lullaby
Your father's gone a-hunting He's deep in the forest so wild And
he cannot take his wife with him He cannot take his child Your ....
I Came So Far For Beauty
I came so far for beauty I left so much behind My
patience and my family My masterpiece unsigned I thought I'd be rewarded For ....
I Can't Forget
I stumbled out of bed I got ready for the struggle I
smoked a cigarette And I tightened up my gut I said this can't ....
I Left A Woman Waiting
I left a woman waiting I met her sometime later She said,
I see your eyes are dead What happened to you, lover What happened ....
I Tried To Leave You
I tried to leave you, I don't deny I closed the book
on us, at least a hundred times. I'd wake up every morning by ....
I'm Your Man
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 ....
If It Be Your Will
If it be your will That I speak no more And my
voice be still As it was before I will speak no more I ....
Improvisation
instrumental ....
In My Secret Life
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. ....
Iodine
I needed you, I knew I was in danger of losing what
I used to think was mine You let me love you till I ....
Is This What You Wanted
You were the promise at dawn, I was the morning after. You
were Jesus Christ my Lord, I was the money lender. You were the ....
Ive Counted What I Have
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Michael) I've counted what
I have; it's not enough And what I need I do not dare ....
Jazz Police
Can you tell me why the bells are ringing Nothing's happened in
a million years I've been sitting here since Wednesday morning Wednesday morning can't ....
Joan Of Arc
Now the flames they followed Joan of Arc as she came riding
through the dark; no moon to keep her armour bright, no man to ....
Lady Midnight
I came by myself to a very crowded place; I was looking
for someone who had lines in her face. I found her there but ....
Last Year's Man
The rain falls down on last year's man, that's a jew's harp
on the table, that's a crayon in his hand. And the corners of ....
Leaving Green Sleeves
Alas, my love, you did me wrong, to cast me out discourteously,
for I have loved you so long, delighting in your very company. Now ....
Light As The Breeze
She stands before you naked you can see it, you can taste
it, and she comes to you light as the breeze. Now you can ....
Love Calls You By Your Name
You thought that it could never happen to all the people that
you became, your body lost in legend, the beast so very tame. But ....
Love Itself
The light came through the window, Straight from the sun above, And
so inside my little room There plunged the rays of Love. In streams ....
Lover Lover Lover
I asked my father, I said, "Father change my name." The one
I'm using now it's covered up with fear and filth and cowardice and ....
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 ....
Memories
Frankie Lane, he was singing Jezebel I pinned an Iron Cross to
my lapel I walked up to the tallest and the blondest girl I ....
Minute Prologue
I've been listening to all the dissention. I've been listening to all
the pain. And I feel that no matter what I do for you, ....
Misty Blue
Oh but it's been such a long, long time. Thought I'd got
you off my mind. Looks like I can't, just the thought of you ....
Nancy
It seems so long ago, Nancy was alone, looking ate the Late
Late show through a semi-precious stone. In the House of Honesty her father ....
One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
I lit a thin green candle, to make you jealous of me.
But the room just filled up with mosquitos, they heard that my body ....
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 weaver's Quick and ....
Paper Thin Hotel
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 ....
Passing Through
I saw Jesus on the cross on a hill called Calvary Do
you hate mankind for what they done to you? He said, Talk of ....
Please Don't Pass Me By (A Disgrace)
I was walking in New York City and I brushed up against
the man in front of me. I felt a cardboard placard on his ....
Priests
I saw Jesus on the cross on a hill called Calvary Do
you hate mankind for what they done to you? He said, Talk of ....
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria, My father and all his tobacco loved you, I love
you too in all your forms, the slim and lovely virgin floating among ....
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
It seems so long ago, Nancy was alone, looking ate the Late
Late show through a semi-precious stone. In the House of Honesty her father ....
Sing Another Song, Boys
(Let's sing another song, boys, this one has grown old and bitter.)
Ah his fingernails, I see they're broken, his ships they're all on fire. ....
Sisters Of Mercy
Oh the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone. They
were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on. ....
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 ....
Song Of Bernadette
(Written By Warnes, Cohen, Recorded By Warnes) There was a child named
Bernadette I heard the story long ago She saw the Queen of Heaven ....
Song Of Destruction
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Frank Louis) Are you
still here? What are you waiting for? Your lives to change? An oracle ....
Song To My Assassin
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Michael) We were chosen,
we were chosen Miles and miles apart I to love your kingdom You ....
Store Room
I love you, without caring whom you love. My hands below the
belt, or my hands above in the arms of other men, or in ....
Stories Of The Street
The stories of the street are mine,the Spanish voices laugh. The Cadillacs
go creeping now through the night and the poison gas, and I lean ....
Story Of Isaac
The door it opened slowly, my father he came in, I was
nine years old. And he stood so tall above me, his blue eyes ....
Stranger Song
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers who said
they were through with dealing Every time you gave them shelter I know ....
Suzanne
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 ....
Tacoma Trailer
instrumental ....
Take This Longing
Many men have loved the bells you fastened to the rein, and
everyone who wanted you they found what they will always want again. Your ....
Take This Waltz
Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women There's a shoulder where Death
comes to cry There's a lobby with nine hundred windows There's a tree ....
Teachers
I met a woman long ago her hair the black that black
can go, Are you a teacher of the heart Soft she answered no. ....
Tennessee Waltz
I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz when an
old friend I happened to see. I introduced him to my darlin' and ....
That Don't Make It Junk
I fought against the bottle, But I had to do it drunk
– Took my diamond to the pawnshop – But that don’t make it ....
The Bells
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) [cf the lyrics to
the song Anthem on the Cohen album The Future ] (Judy) The birds ....
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 ....
The Captain
Now the Captain called me to his bed He fumbled for my
hand "Take these silver bars," he said "I'm giving you command." "Command of ....
The Future
Give me back my broken night my mirrored room, my secret life
it's lonely here, there's no one left to torture Give me absolute control ....
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 ....
The Gypsy's Wife
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 ....
The Land Of Plenty
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 ....
The Law
How many times did you call me And I knew it was
late I left everybody But I never went straight I don't claim to ....
The Lost Canadian
A wandering Canadian, banned from his hearths, travelled while crying travelled while
crying in foreign lands. One day, sad and pensive, sitting by the flowing ....
The Marriage March
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Everyone) The whole work
holds its breath again The marriage ring it shines The billionth trillionth walk ....
The Night Comes On
I went down to the place Where I knew she lay waiting
Under the marble and the snow I said, Mother I'm frightened The thunder ....
The Old Revolution
I finally broke into the prison, I found my place in the
chain. Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows, all the brave young men they're ....
The 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 ....
The Promise
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 ....
The Smokey Life
I've never seen your eyes so wide I've never seen your appetite
quite this occupied Elsewhere is your feast of love I know ... where ....
The Third Invention
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Angels) Blindly he worked
At his third invention Taking the chances Of one who is lost Feeling ....
The Throne Of Desire
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Michael) Their bodies Triumphant
Their power unfurled I know I am nothing And women the world! A ....
The Traitor
Now the Swan it floated on the English river Ah the Rose
of High Romance it opened wide A sun tanned woman yearned me through ....
The Window
Why do you stand by the window Abandoned to beauty and pride
The thorn of the night in your bosom The spear of the age ....
There Is A War
There is a war between the rich and poor, a war between
the man and the woman. There is a war between the ones who ....
Throne Of Desire Variations
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) Let me start with
you Miss Shy Bundled up in your mother's lie Tip toe, tip toe ....
To Love Somebody
(originally sung by the BeeGees) There's a light, a very special light,
never ever shone on me. I would like my whole life to be, ....
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 ....
Tower Of Song
Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey I ache
in the places where I used to play And I'm crazy for love ....
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 ....
Un Canadien Errant (The Lost Canadian)
Un Canadien Errant (A wandering Canadian,) Banni de ses foyers, (banned from
his hearths,) Parcourait en pleurant (travelled while crying) Des pays etrangers. (in foreign ....
Waiting For The Miracle
Baby, I've been waiting, I've been waiting night and day. I didn't
see the time, I waited half my life away. There were lots of ....
Way Down Deep
(Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson) Baby, I've been waiting I've been waiting night and
day I didn't see the time I waited half my life away There ....
We Told You So
(Written By Warnes, Cohen, Recorded By Warnes) way down, way way down
way way down deep you're got me way down, way way down, way ....
Whither Thou Goest
(Written By Cohen, Performed In Night Magic ) (Angels) We told you
so We told you dear You didn't have To come here The human ....
Who By Fire
And who by fire, who by water, who in the sunshine, who
in the night time, who by high ordeal, who by common trial, who ....
Who By Fire?
And who by fire, who by water, who in the sunshine, who
in the night time, who by high ordeal, who by common trial, who ....
Why Don't You Try
Why don't you try to do without him Why don't you try
to live alone Do you really need his hands for your passion Do ....
Winter Lady
Trav'ling lady, stay awhile until the night is over. I'm just a
station on your way, I know I'm not your lover. Well I lived ....
Wishing Window
Trav'ling lady, stay awhile until the night is over. I'm just a
station on your way, I know I'm not your lover. Well I lived ....
Woke Up This Morning
I'm gonna take you down Deep down, to the front line You
woke up this morning Got yourself a gun, Mama always said you’d be ....
You Have Loved Enough
I said I’d be your lover. You laughed at what I said.
I lost my job forever. I was counted with the dead. I swept ....
You Have The Lovers
You Have the Lovers
You have the lovers,
they are nameless,
their histories only for each other,
and you have the room, the bed, ....
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. ....
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