By The Rivers Dark Leonard Cohen

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.

Boogie Street Leonard Cohen

I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I’m wanted at the traffic-jam. They’re saving me a seat. I’m what I am, and what I am, Is back on Boogie Street.

Banjo Leonard Cohen

There’s something that I’m watching Means a lot to me It’s a broken banjo bobbing On the dark infested sea Don’t know how it got there Maybe taken by the wave Off of someone’s shoulder Or out of

If It Be Your Will Leonard Cohen

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

True Loves Leaves No Traces Leonard Cohen

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 targets Like shackles

True Love Leaves No Traces 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

Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) Kokia

I heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you?

Last Year's Man Leonard Cohen

And the corners of the blueprint are ruined since they rolled far past the stems of thumbtacks that still throw shadows on the wood.

Leonard Cohen Roberto Vecchioni

C'è soltanto un albergo a Veneziaè l'albergo di quando mi amiquando i figli non c'erano ancorae io solo baciavo i tuoi seniquando i fogli volavano in altoquando tutto quel poco era moltoperché t...

Born In Chains Leonard Cohen

to the edge of a mighty sea of sorrow Pursued by the armies of a cruel and dark regime But the waters parted and my soul crossed over Out of Egypt, out of Pharaoh's dream Word of words and the measure

A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes Leonard Cohen

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 man beneath his ordinary load

Who By Fire Leonard Cohen

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 in your merry merry month of may, who by very slow decay, and

Who By Fire? Leonard Cohen

-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 in your merry merry month of may, who by very slow decay, and

Please Don't Pass Me By (A Disgrace) Leonard Cohen

And there were cripples, and people in wheelchairs and crutches and it was snowing, and I got this sense that the whole city was singing this: Oh please don't pass me by, oh please don't pass me by, for

The Guests 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

To A Teacher Leonard Cohen

Who could stand beside you so close to Eden, When you glinted in every eye the held-high razor, shivering every ram and son?

Love Calls You By Your Name Leonard Cohen

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.

Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) Denison Witmer

(Leonard Cohen) 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

Guests Leonard Cohen

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

Be For Real Leonard Cohen

Be For Real (by Frederick Knight) 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 looking for Honey, I'm flexible. Oh, yeah.

Jazz Police Leonard Cohen

Jazz Police Can you tell me why the bells are ringing?

I Tried To Leave You Leonard Cohen

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 your side. The years go by, you lose your pride.

Memories Leonard Cohen

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 said, Look, you don't know me now but very soon you will So won't

Iodine Leonard Cohen

You said, Don't worry, don't worry, darling You said, Don't worry, don't you worry, darling There are many ways a man can serve his time You covered up that place I could not master It wasn't dark

Bird on the Wire Leonard Cohen

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.

Bird On The Wire Leonard Cohen

Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free.

Alexandra Leaving Leonard Cohen

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 heart.

Joan of Arc Leonard Cohen

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 get her through this very smoky night.

Joan of Arc (Live at Quebec City Soundcheck, 2012) Leonard Cohen

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.

FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Leonard Cohen

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 we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I'm guided by a signal

Dear Heather Leonard Cohen

Dear Heather Please walk by me again With a drink in your hand And your legs all white From the winter

Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen

it's four in the moring, the gnd of december i'm writing you now just to see if you'r better new york is cold but i like where i'm living there's music on clinton street all thru the evening i hear

Bird On A Wire Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free.

Go No More A-Roving Leonard Cohen

So we'll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright.

Light As The Breeze Leonard Cohen

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.

Tori Amos / Famous Blue Raincoat ♡은빛여우♡ Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat it's four in the moring, the gnd of december i'm writing you now just to see if you'r better new york is cold but i like where i'm living there's music on clinton

Samson In New Orleans Leonard Cohen

You said that you were with me You said you were my friend Did you really love the city Or did you just pretend You said you loved her secrets And her freedoms hid away She was better than America That's

So Long Marianne 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.

So Long, Marianne Leonard Cohen

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.

So Long Marianne 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.

Chelsea Hotel #2 Leonard Cohen

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 limousines wait in the street.

Villanelle For Our Time Leonard Cohen

This is the faith from which we start: Men shall know commonwealth again From bitter searching of the heart.

Un Canadien Errant (The Lost Canadian) Leonard Cohen

Un Canadien Errant (The Lost Canadian) (by Antoine Gerin-Lajoie) Un Canadien Errant Banni de ses foyers, Parcourait en pleurant Des pays etrangers.

Bird On The Wire (Live) Leonard Cohen

like a bird on the wire like a drunk in a midnight choir i have tried in my way to be free like the worm on a hook like a knight from some old fashioned book I have saved all my ribons for free if I if

There For You Leonard Cohen

When it all went down And the pain came through I get it now I was there for you Don't ask me how I know it's true I get it now I was there for you I make my plans Like I always do But when I

So Long , Marianne Leonard Cohen

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

So Long; Marianne Leonard Cohen

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.

Teachers Leonard Cohen

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.

The Window Leonard Cohen

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 in your side Lost in the rages of fragrance Lost in the rags of

Crazy To Love You Leonard Cohen

Had to go crazy to love you Had to go down to the pit Had to do time in the tower Begging my crazy to quit Had to go crazy to love you You who were never the one Whom I chased through the souvenir