Like a bird on the wire. Like a drunk in a midnight choir. I have tried in my way to be free. . Like a worm on a hook. Like a knight from some old-fashioned book.
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.
You got me singing. Even tho' 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.
I said I'd be your lover.. You laughed at what I said.. I lost my job forever.. I was counted with the dead.. . I swept the marble chambers,. But you sent me down below..
I cannot follow you, my love,. You cannot follow me.. I am the distance you put between. All of the moments that we will be.. . You know who I am,. You've stared at the sun,.
Why don't you try to do without him?. Why don't you try to live alone?. Do you really need his hands for your passion?. Do you really need his heart for your throne?.
Trav'ling lady, stay awhile. Until the night is over.. I'm just a station on your way,. I know I'm not your lover.. Well I lived with a child of snow.
Whither thou goest, I will go;. Wherever thou lodgest, I will lodge:. Thy people shall be my people .... Whither thou goest, I will go.. . (taken from the Book of Ruth, ch.1; v. 16).
And who by fire, who by water. Who in the sunshine, who in the night time. Who by high ordeal, who by common trial. Who in your merry-merry month of may.
I've seen you change the water into wine. I've seen you change it back to water too. I sit at your table every night. I try but I just don't get high with you.
[Verse 1: Leonard Cohen]. If you are the dealer. I'm out of the game. If you are the healer. It means I'm broken and lame. If thine is the glory then.
Steer your way through the ruins. Of the altar and the mall. Steer your way through the fables. Of creation and the fall. Steer your way past the palaces.
[Instrumental]. . I wish there was a treaty we could sign. It's over now, the water and the wine. We were broken then but now we're borderline. And I wish there was a treaty, I wish there was a treaty between your love and mine.
I'm traveling light. It's au revoir. My once so bright. My fallen star. . I'm running late. They'll close the bar. I used to play. One mean guitar. . I guess I'm just.
Seemed the better way. When first I heard him speak. Now it's much too late. To turn the other cheek. . Sounded like the truth. Seemed the better way.
I'm leaving the table. I'm out of the game. I don't know the people. In your picture frame. If I ever loved you, oh no, no. It's a crying shame. If I ever loved you.
I knew that it was wrong. I didn't have a doubt. I was dying to get back home. And you were starting out. . I said I best be moving on. You said, we have all day.
Baby, I've been waiting,. I've been waiting night and day. I didn't see the time,. I waited half my life away. There were lots of invitations. And I know you sent me some.
I was born in a beauty salon. My father was a dresser of hair. My mother was a girl you could call on. When you called she was always there [Repeat: x5].
If the sun would lose its light. And we lived an endless night. And there was nothing left. That you could feel. That's how it would be. My life would seem to me.