When they poured across the border. I was cautioned to surrender,. this I could not do;. I took my gun and vanished.. I have changed my name so often,.
I finally broke into the prison,. I found my place in the chain.. Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows,. all the brave young men. they're waiting now to see a signal.
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.
(Written By Cohen, Performed In "Night Magic"). . (Everyone) The whole work holds its breath again. The marriage ring it shines. The billionth trillionth walk begins.
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.
And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight. I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right. But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor.
One by one, the guests arrive. The guests are coming through. The open-hearted many. The broken-hearted few. . And no one knows where the night is going.
Give me back my broken night. my mirrored room, my secret life. it's lonely here,. there's no one left to torture. Give me absolute control. over every living soul.
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.
I came upon a butcher,. he was slaughtering a lamb,. I accused him there. with his tortured lamb.. He said, "Listen to me, child,. I am what I am. and you, you are my only son.".
(Written By Cohen, Performed In "Night Magic"). . [cf the lyrics to the song "Anthem" on the Cohen album "The Future"]. . (Judy) The birds they sang at break of day.
I met a woman long ago. her hair the black that black can go,. Are you a teacher of the heart?. Soft she answered no.. . I met a girl across the sea,.
Now in Vienna there are ten pretty women. There's a shoulder where Death comes to cry. There's a lobby with nine hundred windows. There's a tree where the doves go to die.
Many men have loved the bells. You fastened to the rein. And everyone who wanted you. They found what they will always want again. Your beauty lost to you yourself.
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river. You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever. And you know that she's half-crazy but that's why you want to be there.
The door it opened slowly,. my father he came in,. I was nine years old.. And he stood so tall above me,. his blue eyes they were shining. and his voice was very cold..
The stories of the street are mine. The Spanish voices laugh. The Cadillacs go creeping down. Through the night and the poison gas. I lean from mu window sill.
I love you, without caring whom you love.. My hands below the belt, or my hands above. in the arms of other men,. or in my bed again.. . It's just a man,.
(Written By Cohen, Performed In "Night Magic"). . (Michael) We were chosen, we were chosen. Miles and miles apart. I to love your kingdom. You to love my heart.
(Written By Cohen, Performed In "Night Magic"). . (Frank & Louis) Are you still here? What are you waiting for?. Your lives to change? An oracle to speak?.