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Table of Contents
Bird On A Wire
Hey That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
Suzanne
Chelsea Hotel #2
So Long, Marianne
Tower Of Song
I’m Your Man
Master Song
The Window
Jazz Police
Take This Longing
Is This What You Wanted
The Stranger Song
Humbled In Love
Sisters Of Mercy
Famous Blue Raincoat
Ain’t No Cure For Love
(No) Diamonds In The Mine
Story Of Isaac
Tonight Will Be Fine
The Guests
Sing Another Song, Boys
A Singer Must Die
The Gypsy’s Wife
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
Take This Waltz
Lady Midnight
Love Calls You By Your Name
Avalanche
Came So Far For Beauty
You Know Who I Am
The Smokey Life
Dress Rehearsal Rag
There Is A War
Joan Of Arc
Winter Lady
One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
Why Don’t You Try
The Traitor
Who By Fire
First We Take Manhattan
Everybody Knows
Lover Lover Lover
COVER DESIGN BY PEARCE MARCHBANK STUDIOS
ARRANGEMENTS BY FRANK METIS
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BIRD ON A WIRE
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN
HEY THAT’S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN
Additional Lyrics
2. I’m not looking for another
As I wander in my time.
Walk me to the corner,
Our steps will always rhyme.
You know my love goes with you
As your love stays with me,
It’s just the way it changes
Like the shoreline and the sea.
But let’s not talk of love or chains
And things we can’t untie,
Your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye.
3. I loved you in the morning,
Our kisses deep and warm,
Your hair upon the pillow,
Like a sleepy golden storm.
Yes, many loved before us,
I know that we are not new,
In city and in forest,
They smiled like me and you.
But let’s not talk of love or chains
And things we can’t untie,
Your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye.
SUZANNE
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN
Additional Lyrics
2. 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 be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them.”
But he himself was broken,
Long before the sky would open.
Forsaken, almost human,
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone.
And you want to travel with him,
And you want to travel blind,
And you think maybe you’ll trust him,
For he’s touched your perfect body with his mind.
3. Now Suzanne takes your hand,
And she leads you to the river.
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters.
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour.
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers.
There are heroes in the seaweed,
There are children in the morning,
They are leaning out for love,
And they will lean that way forever.
While Suzanne holds the mirror.
And you want to travel with her,
And you want to travel blind,
And you know that you can trust her,
For she’s touched your perfect body with her mind.
CHELSEA HOTEL #2
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN
Additional Lyrics
2. I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
You were famous, your heart was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men,
But for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
You fixed yourself, you said, “Well, never mind,
We are ugly but we have the music.”
Chorus
3. I don’t mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
I can’t keep track of each fallen robin.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
That’s all, I don’t think of you that often.
SO LONG, MARIANNE
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN
Additional Lyrics
2. Well, you know that I love to live with you,
But you make me forget so very much.
I forget to pray for the angel,
And then the angels forget to pray for us.
Chorus
3. We met when we were almost young,
Deep in the green lilac park.
You held on to me like I was a crucifix,
As we went kneeling through the dark.
Chorus
4. Your letters, they all say that you’re beside me now.
Then why do I feel alone?
I’m standing on a ledge, and your fine spider web
Is fastening my ankle to a stone.
Chorus
5. For now I need your hidden love,
I’m cold as a new razor blade.
You left when I told you I was curious,
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