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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:05 pm 
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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 summer
and the judges watched us from the other side
I told my mother "Mother I must leave you
preserve my room but do not shed a tear
Should rumour of a shabby ending reach you
it was half my fault and half the atmosphere"

But the Rose I sickened with a scarlet fever
and the Swan I tempted with a sense of shame
She said at last I was her finest lover
and if she withered I would be to blame

The judges said you missed it by a fraction
rise up and brace your troops for the attack
Ah the dreamers ride against the men of action
Oh see the men of action falling back

But I lingered on her thighs a fatal moment
I kissed her lips as though I thirsted still
My falsity had stung me like a hornet
The poison sank and it paralysed my will

I could not move to warn all the younger soldiers
that they had been deserted from above
So on battlefields from here to Barcelona
I'm listed with the enemies of love

And long ago she said "I must be leaving,
Ah but keep my body here to lie upon
You can move it up and down and when I'm sleeping
Run some wire through that Rose and wind the Swan"

So daily I renew my idle duty
I touch her here and there -- I know my place
I kiss her open mouth and I praise her beauty
and people call me traitor to my face

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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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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.
"I'd like to tell my story,"
said one of them so young and bold,
"I'd 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,
you've been alone too long;
and some of us are very hungry now
to hear what it is you've 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.
"I'd like to tell my story,"
said one of them so bold,
"Oh yes, I'd like to tell my story
'cause you know I feel I'm turning into gold."

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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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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 get her through this very smoky night.
She said, "I'm tired of the war,
I want the kind of work I had before,
a wedding dress or something white
to wear upon my swollen appetite."

Well, I'm glad to hear you talk this way,
you know I've watched you riding every day
and something in me yearns to win
such a cold and lonesome heroine.
"And who are you?" she sternly spoke
to the one beneath the smoke.
"Why, I'm fire," he replied,
"And I love your solitude, I love your pride."

"Then fire, make your body cold,
I'm going to give you mine to hold,"
saying this she climbed inside
to be his one, to be his only bride.
And deep into his fiery heart
he took the dust of Joan of Arc,
and high above the wedding guests
he hung the ashes of her wedding dress.

It was deep into his fiery heart
he took the dust of Joan of Arc,
and then she clearly understood
if he was fire, oh then she must be wood.
I saw her wince, I saw her cry,
I saw the glory in her eye.
Myself I long for love and light,
but must it come so cruel, and oh so bright?

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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 yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.

We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
of every government
signs for all to see.

I can't run no more
with that lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
a thundercloud
and they're going to hear from me.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.

You can add up the parts
but you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.


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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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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 beauty lost to you yourself
just as it was lost to them.
Oh take this longing from my tongue,
whatever useless things these hands have done.
Let me see your beauty broken down
like you would do for one you love.

Your body like a searchlight
my poverty revealed,
I would like to try your charity
until you cry, "Now you must try my greed."
And everything depends upon
how near you sleep to me

Just take this longing from my tongue
all the lonely things my hands have done.
Let me see your beauty broken down
like you would do for one your love.

Hungry as an archway
through which the troops have passed,
I stand in ruins behind you,
with your winter clothes, your broken sandal straps.
I love to see you naked over there
especially from the back.

Oh take this longing from my tongue,
all the useless things my hands have done,
untie for me your hired blue gown,
like you would do for one that you love.

You're faithful to the better man,
I'm afraid that he left.
So let me judge your love affair
in this very room where I have sentenced
mine to death.
I'll even wear these old laurel leaves
that he's shaken from his head.

Just take this longing from my tongue,
all the useless things my hands have done,
let me see your beauty broken down,
like you would do for one you love.

Like you would do for one you love.

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The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way
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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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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 shall abide until
I am spoken for
If it be your will
If it be your will
That a voice be true
From this broken hill
I will sing to you
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing

If it be your will
If there is a choice
Let the rivers fill
Let the hills rejoice
Let your mercy spill
On all these burning hearts in hell
If it be your will
To make us well

And draw us near
And bind us tight
All your children here
In their rags of light
In our rags of light
All dressed to kill
And end this night
If it be your will

If it be your will.


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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:38 pm 
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A couple weeks ago I saw Midlake. The venue played Leonard Cohen songs after it was over with. I was a happy drunk dude.

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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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oh my :shock:

i love leonard, and i've never before even conceptualised the idea of seeing him live. that would be the living end!

come to australia!!!!!

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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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Someone make a Cohen intro mix.

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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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Soma. wrote:
Someone make a Cohen intro mix.


Seconded

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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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"The Essential" is a great start. if you can't get that anywhere i'll see what i can do


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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:27 am 
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1) Bird on a Wire
2) Master Song
3) Sisters of Mercy
4) Hallelujah
5) Famous Blue Raincoat
6) Joan of Arc
7) Hey, Thats No Way to Say Goodbye
8) The Future
9) So Long, Marianne
10) First We Take Manhattan

That's how I'd introduce someone to Cohen, although most are on his Greatest Hits.

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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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yeah i agree with the last 2 posts. or at least, 1st disc of the essential

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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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i never got into this guy. i listened to songs of leonard cohen and songs of love and hate a few times but i was just fighting boredom every time. you guys should check out townes van zandt if you already haven't.

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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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BlueNote wrote:
i never got into this guy. i listened to songs of leonard cohen and songs of love and hate a few times but i was just fighting boredom every time. you guys should check out townes van zandt if you already haven't.

townes is really great, but i far prefer cohen.

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Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer.
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 Post subject: Re: Leonard Cohen thread
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vacatetheword wrote:
BlueNote wrote:
i never got into this guy. i listened to songs of leonard cohen and songs of love and hate a few times but i was just fighting boredom every time. you guys should check out townes van zandt if you already haven't.

townes is really great, but i far prefer cohen.

Musically I usually prefer Townes.

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