Boogie Street Lyrics - Ten New Songs - Leonard Cohen

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 

And then it's time to go 

I tidied up the kitchenette 

I tuned the old banjo 

I'm wanted at the traffic jam 

They're saving me a seat 

I'm what I am, and what I am 

Is back on boogie street 

And o my love, I still recall 

The pleasures that we knew 

The rivers and the waterfall 

Wherein I bathed with you 

Bewildered by your beauty there 

I'd kneel to dry your feet 

By such instructions you prepare 

A man for boogie street 

O crown of light, o darkened one? 

So come, my friends, be not afraid 

We are so lightly here 

It is in love that we are made 

In love we disappear 

Tho' all the maps of blood and flesh 

Are posted on the door 

There's no one who has told us yet 

What boogie street is for 

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 

And then it's time to go