If It Be Your Will - Leonard Cohen

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 […]

The Captain - Leonard Cohen

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 what, there’s no one here There’s only you and me — All the rest are dead or in retreat Or with the enemy." "complain, complain, that’s all you’ve done Ever […]

Night Comes On - Leonard Cohen

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 and the lightning I’ll never come through this alone She said, i’ll be with you My shawl wrapped around you My hand on your head when you go And the […]

The Law - Leonard Cohen

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 be guilty But i do understand There’s a law, there’s an arm, there’s a hand There’s a law, there’s an arm, there’s a hand Now my heart’s like a blister […]

Coming Back To You - Leonard Cohen

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 looked for you in everyone And they called me on that too I lived alone but i was only Coming back to you Ah they’re shutting down the factory now […]

The Great Event - Leonard Cohen

It’s going to happen very soon. the great event which will end the horror. which will end the sorrow. next tuesday, when the sun goes down, i will play the moonlight sonata backwards. this will Se the effects of the world’s mad plunge into suffering, for the last 200 million years. what a lovely night […]

Never Any Good - Leonard Cohen

I was never any good at loving you I was never any good at coming Through for you You’re going to feel much better When you cut me loose forever I was never any good Never any good I was never any good at loving you I was dying when we met I bet my […]

Winter Lady - Leonard Cohen

Traveling lady stay awhile Until the night is over I’m just a station on your way I know I am not your lover. Well, I lived with a child of snow When I was a soldier And I fought every man for her Until the nights grew colder. She used to wear her hair like […]

Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen

I loved you in the morning Our kisses deep and warm, Your head upon the pillow Like a sleepy golden Strom. Yes, many loved before us I know that we are not new, In city and in forest They smiled like me and you, But now it’s come to distances And both of us must […]

So Long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen

Come over to the window, my little darling, I’d like to try to read you palm I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy Before I let you take me home. Chorus: So long Marianne, it’s time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again […]