Well, that is if I remember the way.
You see Jack and Jill, they’re gonna join their misery,
And I’m afraid it’s time for everyone to pray.
You can see they’ve finally taken cover,
They’re willing, yeah, they’re willing to obey.
Their vows are difficult, they’re for each other,
So let nobody put a loophole, a loophole in their way.
THE TRAITOR
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN
Additional Lyrics
4. The judges said, “You missed it by a fraction,
Rise up and brace your troops for the attack.
The dreamers ride against the men of action,
Oh, see the men of action falling back.”
5. But I lingered on her thighs a fatal moment,
I kissed her lips as though I thirsted still.
My falsity, it stung me like a hornet,
The poison sank and it paralysed my will.
6. I could not move to warn the younger soldiers
That they had been deserted from above.
So on battlefields from here to Barcelona,
I’m listed with the enemies of love.
7. And long ago she said, “I must be leaving,
But keep my body here to lie upon.
You can move it up and down and when I’m sleeping,
Run some wire through that rose and wind the swan.”
8. So daily I renew my idle duty,
I touch her here and there, I know my place.
I kiss her open mouth and I praise her beauty,
And people call me “Traitor” to my face.
WHO BY FIRE
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN
Additional Lyrics
2. And who in her lonely slip,
Who by barbiturate?
Who in these realms of love,
Who by something blunt?
Who by avalanche,
Who by powder?
Who for his greed,
Who for his hunger?
And who shall I say is calling?
3. And who by brave ascent,
Who by accident?
Who in solitude,
Who in this mirror?
Who by his lady’s command,
Who by his own hand?
Who in mortal chains,
Who in power?
And who shall I say is calling?
FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN
Additional Lyrics
From D.S.
I don’t like your fashion business, mister.
I don’t like these drugs that keep you thin.
I don’t like what happened to my sister.
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.
(Bridge):
I’d really like to live beside you, baby.
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes.
But you see that line there moving through the station?
And I told you, and I told you,
I told you I was one of those,
And I thank you for those items that you sent me:
The monkey and the plywood violin.
I practiced every night and now I’m ready.
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. (To Coda)
EVERYBODY KNOWS
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN AND SHARON ROBINSON
Additional Lyrics
4. And everybody knows that it’s now or never.
Everybody knows that it’s me or you.
And everybody knows that you live forever
When you’ve done a line or two.
Everybody knows the deal is rotten:
Old Black Joe’s still pickin’ cotton
For your ribbons and bows. And everybody knows.
5. Everybody knows that the plague is coming.
Everybody knows thats it’s moving fast.
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past.
Everybody knows the scene is dead,
But there’s gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose what everybody knows.
6. And everybody knows that you’re in trouble.
Everybody knows what you’ve been through,
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu.
Everybody knows it’s coming apart:
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows. And everybody knows.
LOVER LOVER LOVER
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN
Additional Lyrics
2. He said, “I locked you in this body, I meant it as a kind of trial.
You can use it for a weapon or to make some woman smile.”
Chorus
3. “Then let me start again,” I cried, “Please let me start again.
I want a face that’s fair this time. I want a spirit that is calm.”
Chorus
4. “I never turned aside, “he said,” I never walked away.
It was you who built the temple, it was you who covered up my face.”
Chorus
5. And may the spirit of this song, may it rise up pure and free.
May it be a shield for you, a shield against the enemy.
Chorus and fade
