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 you From this brok

I saw some people starving There was murder, there was rape Their villages were burning They were trying to escape I couldn't meet their glances I was staring at my shoes It was acid, it was tragic It was almost like the blues I have to die a little

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 remorse Lost in the waves of a sickness That loosens the high silve

[Verse] You got me singing Even though the news is bad You got me singing The only song I ever had You got me singing Ever since the river died You got me thinking Of places we could hide [Chorus] You got me singing (Singing,) even tho the world is g

Seems So Long Ago, Nancy Leonard Cohen by Plaisir@虾米网 It seems so long ago, Nancy was alone, looking ate the Late Late show through a semi-precious stone. In the House of Honesty her father was on trial, in the House of Mystery there was no one at al

[Verse] Wasn't hard to love you Didn't have to try Wasn't hard to love you Didn't have to try [Chorus] Held you for a little while My, oh, my, oh my Held you for a little while My, oh, my, oh my [Verse] Drove you to the station Never asked you why Dr

Leonard Cohen - Avalanche (Songs of Love and Hate) Well I stepped into an avalanche, it covered up my soul; when I am not this hunchback that you see, I sleep beneath the golden hill. You who wish to conquer pain, you must learn, learn to serve me w

I saw Jesus on the cross on a hill called Calvary "Do you hate mankind for what they done to you?" He said, "Talk of love not hate, things to do - it's getting late. I've so little time and I'm only passing through." Passing through, p

Your father's gone a-hunting He's deep in the forest so wild And he cannot take his wife with him He cannot take his child Your father's gone a-hunting In the quicksand and the clay And a woman cannot follow him Although she knows the way Your father

The Land of Plenty 鱼米之乡 Don't really have the courage 确实没勇气 To stand where I must stand. 面对所处. Don't really have the temperament 确实没如此良善 To lend a helping hand. 伸出援助之手. Don't really know who sent me 确实不知谁放信 To raise my voice and say: 提高嗓子说: May the l

Darkness I caught the darkness It was drinking from your cup I caught the darkness drinking from your cup I said is this contagious? You said "Just drink it up" I've got no future I know my days are few The present's not that pleasant Just a lot

Did I ever love you Did I ever need you Did I ever fight you Did I ever want you Did I ever leave you Was I ever able Or are we still leaning Across the old table Did I ever love you Did I ever need you Did I ever fight you Did I ever want you Did I

The Traitor Leonard Cohen by Plaisir@虾米网 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 I told my mother "Mother,

You came to me this morning And you handled me like meat. You′d have to be a man to know How good that feels, how sweet. My mirror twin, my next of kin, I′d know you in my sleep. And who but you would take me in A thousand kisses deep? I loved you wh

"Closing Time" Ah we're drinking and we're dancing and the band is really happening and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high And my very sweet companion she's the Angel of Compassion she's rubbing half the world against her thigh And every dri

Love Calls Your Name Leonard Cohen by Plaisir@虾米网 You thought that it could never happen to all the people that you became, your body lost in legend, the beast so very tame. But here, right here, between the birthmark and the stain, between the ocean

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. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul outwears the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have

Because of 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. They become naked In their different ways And they say, "Look a

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 arms And a chill in my soul And my heart the shape Of a

I built my house beside the wood So I could hear you singing And it was sweet and it was good And love was all beginning Fare thee well my nightingale 'Twas long ago I found you Now all your songs of beauty fail The forest closes 'round you The sun g