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Leonard Cohen lyrics
Last Year's Man lyrics 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 the blueprint are ruined since they rolled
far past the stems of thumbtacks
that still throw shadows on the wood.
And the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend
and all the rain falls down amen
on the works of last year's man.
I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark
oh one by one she had to tell them
that her name was Joan of Arc.
I was in that army, yes I stayed a little while;
I want to thank you, Joan of Arc,
for treating me so well.
And though I wear a uniform I was not born to fight;
all these wounded boys you lie beside,
goodnight, my friends, goodnight.
I came upon a wedding that old families had contrived;
Bethlehem the bridegroom,
Babylon the bride.
Great Babylon was naked, oh she stood there trembling for me,
and Bethlehem inflamed us both
like the shy one at some orgy.
And when we fell together all our flesh was like a veil
that I had to draw aside to see
the serpent eat its tail.
Some women wait for Jesus, and some women wait for Cain
so I hang upon my altar
and I hoist my axe again.
And I take the one who finds me back to where it all began
when Jesus was the honeymoon
and Cain was just the man.
And we read from pleasant Bibles that are bound in blood and skin
that the wilderness is gathering
all its children back again.
The rain falls down on last year's man,
an hour has gone by
and he has not moved his hand.
But everything will happen if he only gives the word;
the lovers will rise up
and the mountains touch the ground.
But the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend
and all the rain falls down amen
on the works of last year's man.
Other Leonard Cohen lyrics:
Suzanne lyrics Master Song lyrics Winter Lady lyrics Stranger Song lyrics Sisters Of Mercy lyrics So Long Marianne lyrics Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye lyrics Stories Of The Street lyrics Teachers lyrics One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong lyrics Bird On The Wire lyrics Story Of Isaac lyrics A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes lyrics The Partisan lyrics Seems So Long Ago, Nancy lyrics The Old Revolution lyrics The Butcher lyrics You Know Who I Am lyrics Lady Midnight lyrics Tonight Will Be Fine lyrics Avalanche lyrics Dress Rehearsal Rag lyrics Diamonds In The Mine lyrics Love Calls You By Your Name lyrics Famous Blue Raincoat lyrics Sing Another Song, Boys lyrics Joan Of Arc lyrics Is This What You Wanted lyrics Chelsea Hotel #2 lyrics Lover Lover Lover lyrics Field Commander Cohen lyrics Why Don't You Try lyrics There Is A War lyrics A Singer Must Die lyrics I Tried To Leave You lyrics Who By Fire lyrics Take This Longing lyrics Leaving Green Sleeves lyrics True Love Leaves No Traces lyrics Iodine lyrics Paper Thin Hotel lyrics Memories lyrics I Left A Woman Waiting lyrics Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On lyrics Fingerprints lyrics Death Of A Ladies' Man lyrics The Guests lyrics Humbled In Love lyrics The Window lyrics I Came So Far For Beauty lyrics Un Canadien Errant (The Lost Canadian) lyrics The Traitor lyrics Our Lady Of Solitude lyrics The Gypsy's Wife lyrics The Smokey Life lyrics Ballad Of The Absent Mare lyrics Dance Me To The End Of Love lyrics Coming Back To You lyrics The Law lyrics The Night Comes On lyrics Hallelujah lyrics The Captain lyrics Hunter's Lullaby lyrics Heart With No Companion lyrics If It Be Your Will lyrics First We Take Manhattan lyrics Ain't No Cure For Love lyrics Everybody Knows lyrics I'm Your Man lyrics Take This Waltz lyrics Jazz Police lyrics I Can't Forget lyrics Tower Of Song lyrics The Future lyrics Waiting For The Miracle lyrics Be For Real lyrics Closing Time lyrics Anthem lyrics Democracy lyrics Light As The Breeze lyrics Always lyrics In My Secret Life lyrics A Thousand Kisses Deep lyrics That Don't Make It Junk lyrics Here It Is lyrics Love Itself lyrics By The Rivers Dark lyrics Alexandra Leaving lyrics You Have Loved Enough lyrics Boogie Street lyrics
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