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

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

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.

Leonard Cohen Roberto Vecchioni

C'è soltanto un albergo a Venezia è l'albergo di quando mi ami quando i figli non c'erano ancora e io solo baciavo i tuoi seni quando i fogli volavano in alto quando tutto quel poco era molto perché ti

Suzanne Leonard Cohen

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

Suzanne Leonard Cohen

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

Love Calls You By Your Name Leonard Cohen

The women in your scrapbook whom you still praise and blame, you say they chained you to your fingernails and you climb the halls of fame.

Because Of Leonard Cohen

Because of a few songs Wherein I spoke of their mystery, Women have been Exceptionally kind to my old age. They make a secret place In their busy lives And they take me there.

A Street Leonard Cohen

I used to be your favorite drunk Good for one more laugh Then we both ran out of luck Luck was all we ever had You put on a uniform To fight the Civil War You looked so good I didn't care What side you're

Story of Isaac Leonard Cohen

He said, "I've had a vision and you know I'm strong and holy, I must do what I've been told." So he started up the mountain, I was running, he was walking, and his axe was made of gold.

Story Of Issac Leonard Cohen

" So he started up the mountain, I was running, he was walking, and his axe was made of gold.

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

Take This Wlatz Leonard Cohen

the morning And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost Take this waltz, take this waltz Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws Oh I want you, I want you, I want you On a chair with a dead magazine

Iodine Leonard Cohen

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 was a failure, You let me love you till I was a failure -- Your beauty on my bruise

Take This Waltz Leonard Cohen

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 where the doves go to die There's a piece

The Captain Leonard Cohen

"I'm leaving, Captain, I must go There's blood upon your hand But tell me, Captain, if you know Of a decent place to stand."

One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong Leonard Cohen

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 was free.

Tower of Song Leonard Cohen

of Song I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does it get?

Closing Time Leonard Cohen

And the moon is swimming naked and the summer night is fragrant with a mighty expectation of relief So we struggle and we stagger down the snakes and up the ladder to the tower where the blessed hours

Closing Time Leonard Cohen

hours chime and I swear it happened just like this: a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss the Gates of Love they budged an inch I can't say much has happened since but CLOSING TIME I swear it happened

Villanelle For Our Time Leonard Cohen

From bitter searching of the heart, Quickened with passion and with pain We rise to play a greater part.

Boogie Street Leonard Cohen

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. A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it’s time to go.

Field Commander Cohen Leonard Cohen

Field Commander Cohen Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy.

Dance Me Of The End Of Love Leonard Cohen

"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 Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end

Undertow Leonard Cohen

I set out one night When the tide was low There were signs in the sky But I did not know I'd be caught in the grip Of the undertow Ditched on a beach Where the sea hates to go With a child in my

A Singer Must Die Leonard Cohen

A Singer Must Die Now the courtroom is quiet, but who will confess. Is it true you betrayed us? The answer is Yes.

dance me to the end of love Leonard Cohen

dance me to your beauty with a burning violin dance me through the panic till I’m gathered safely in lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove dance me to the end of love dance me to

Dance Me To The End Of Love (Live) Leonard Cohen

dance me to your beauty with a burning violin dance me through the panic till I’m gathered safely in lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove dance me to the end of love dance me to your beauty

Paper Thin Hotel Leonard Cohen

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 The grunt of unity when he came in I stood there with

Going Home Leonard Cohen

I love to speak with Leonard He’s a sportsman and a shepherd He’s a lazy bastard Living in a suit But he does say what I tell him Even though it isn’t welcome He just doesn’t have the freedom

The Traitor Leonard Cohen

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 summer and the judges watched us from the other side

Death of a Ladies' Man Leonard Cohen

"I'll never see a face like yours in years of men to come I'll never see such arms again in wrestling or in love.

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

Different Sides Leonard Cohen

We find ourselves on different sides Of a line nobody drew Though it all may be one in the higher eye Down here where we live it is two I to my side call the meek and the mild You to your side call

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?

Queen Victoria Leonard Cohen

pink maps, the solitary mourner of a prince.

I'm Your Man (Live In Dublin) Leonard Cohen

If you want a lover I'll do anything that you ask me to 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

Born In Chains Leonard Cohen

I was born I was born in chains but I was taken out of Egypt I was bound to a burden, but the burden it was raised Oh Lord I can no longer keep this secret Blessed is the name, the name be praised I fled

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.

Alexandra Leaving Leonard Cohen

The god of love preparing to depart. Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder, They slip between the sentries of the heart.

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.

Nevermind Leonard Cohen

caught I crossed the line I was not caught Though many tried I live among you Well disguised I had to leave My life behind I dug some graves You'll never find The story's told With facts and lies I had a

Sisters of Mercy Leonard Cohen

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.

Democracy Leonard Cohen

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 it's real, but it ain't exactly there.

The Great Event Leonard Cohen

This will reverse the effects of the world's mad plunge into suffering, for the last 200 million years. What a lovely night that would be.

Master Song Leonard Cohen

He was just a numberless man in a chair who'd just come back from the war. And you wrap up his tired face in your hair and he hands you the apple core.

Dance Me To The End Of Love (Live in Toronto) Leonard Cohen

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove And dance me to the end of love And dance me

I'm your man Leonard Cohen

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 am your man Leonard Cohen

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