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	Now I've heard there was a secret chord
	That David played, and it pleased the Lord
	But you don't really care for music, do you?
	It goes like this
	The fourth, the fifth
	The minor fall, the major lift
	The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah Your faith was strong but you needed proof
	You saw her bathing on the roof
	Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her
	She tied you
	To a kitchen chair
	She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
	And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah You say I took the name in vain
	I don't even know the name
	But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
	There's a blaze of light
	In every word
	It doesn't matter which you heard
	The holy or the broken Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah I did my best, it wasn't much
	I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
	I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
	And even though
	It all went wrong
	I'll stand before the Lord of Song
	With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah 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
	And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
	And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
	Then he gets you on her wavelength
	And she lets the river answer that you've always been her lover And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
	And you know that she will trust you
	For you've touched her perfect body with your mind And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water
	And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
	And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him
	He said all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them
	But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open
	Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind
	And you think you maybe you'll trust him
	For he's touched your perfect body with her mind Now, Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
	She's wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters
	And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor
	And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers
	There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
	They are leaning out for love and they wil lean that way forever
	While Suzanne holds her mirror And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
	And you know that you can trust her
	For she's touched your perfect body with her mind Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
	Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
	Everybody knows the war is over
	Everybody knows the good guys lost
	Everybody knows the fight was fixed
	The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
	Everybody knows that the captain lied
	Everybody got this broken feeling
	Like their father or their dog just died
	Everybody talking to their pockets
	Everybody wants a box of chocolates
	And a long-stem rose
	Everybody knows Everybody knows that you love me baby
	Everybody knows that you really do
	Everybody knows that you've been faithful
	Ah, give or take a night or two
	Everybody knows you've been discreet
	But there were so many people you just had to meet
	Without your clothes
	And everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows And everybody knows that it's now or never
	Everybody knows that it's me or you
	And everybody knows that you live forever
	Ah, 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 And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
	Everybody knows that 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 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 Everybody knows, everybody knows
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows Everybody knows Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
	Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
	Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
	Dance me to the end of love
	Dance me to the end of love Oh, let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
	Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
	Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
	Dance me to the end of love
	Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
	Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
	We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
	Dance me to the end of love
	Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
	Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
	Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
	Dance me to the end of love Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
	Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
	Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
	Dance me to the end of love
	Dance me to the end of love
	Dance me to the end of love Now I've heard there was a secret chord
	That David played, and it pleased the Lord
	But you don't really care for music, do you?
	It goes like this
	The fourth, the fifth
	The minor fall, the major lift
	The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah Your faith was strong but you needed proof
	You saw her bathing on the roof
	Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her
	She tied you
	To a kitchen chair
	She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
	And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah You say I took the name in vain
	I don't even know the name
	But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
	There's a blaze of light
	In every word
	It doesn't matter which you heard
	The holy or the broken Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah I did my best, it wasn't much
	I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
	I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
	And even though
	It all went wrong
	I'll stand before the Lord of Song
	With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah
	Hallelujah 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
	And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
	And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
	Then he gets you on her wavelength
	And she lets the river answer that you've always been her lover And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
	And you know that she will trust you
	For you've touched her perfect body with your mind And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water
	And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
	And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him
	He said all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them
	But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open
	Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind
	And you think you maybe you'll trust him
	For he's touched your perfect body with her mind Now, Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
	She's wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters
	And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor
	And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers
	There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
	They are leaning out for love and they wil lean that way forever
	While Suzanne holds her mirror And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
	And you know that you can trust her
	For she's touched your perfect body with her mind Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
	Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
	Everybody knows the war is over
	Everybody knows the good guys lost
	Everybody knows the fight was fixed
	The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
	Everybody knows that the captain lied
	Everybody got this broken feeling
	Like their father or their dog just died
	Everybody talking to their pockets
	Everybody wants a box of chocolates
	And a long-stem rose
	Everybody knows Everybody knows that you love me baby
	Everybody knows that you really do
	Everybody knows that you've been faithful
	Ah, give or take a night or two
	Everybody knows you've been discreet
	But there were so many people you just had to meet
	Without your clothes
	And everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows And everybody knows that it's now or never
	Everybody knows that it's me or you
	And everybody knows that you live forever
	Ah, 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 And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
	Everybody knows that 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 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 Everybody knows, everybody knows
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows
	That's how it goes
	Everybody knows Everybody knows Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
	Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
	Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
	Dance me to the end of love
	Dance me to the end of love Oh, let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
	Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
	Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
	Dance me to the end of love
	Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
	Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
	We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
	Dance me to the end of love
	Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
	Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
	Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
	Dance me to the end of love Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
	Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
	Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
	Dance me to the end of love
	Dance me to the end of love
	Dance me to the end of love 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, passing through.
	Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
	Glad that I ran into you.
	Tell the people that you saw me passing through. I saw adam leave the garden with an apple in his hand,
	I said "now you're out, what are you going to do? "
	"plant some crops and pray for rain, maybe raise a little cane.
	I'm an orphan now, and I'm only passing through." Passing through, passing through ... I was with washington at valley ford, shivering in the snow.
	I said, "how come the men here suffer like they do? "
	"men will suffer, men will fight, even die for what is right
	Even though they know they're only passing through" Passing through, passing through ... I was with franklin roosevelt's side on the night before he died.
	He said, "one world must come out of world war two" (ah, the fool)
	"yankee, russian, white or tan," he said, "a man is still a man.
	We're all on one road, and we're only passing through." Passing through, passing through ... (let's do it one more time) Passing through, passing through ... The birds they sang
	At the break of day
	Start again
	I heard them say
	Don't dwell on what
	Has passed away
	Or what is yet to be
	Yeah the wars they will
	Be fought again
	The holy dove
	She will be caught again
	Bought and sold
	And bought again
	The dove is never free Ring the bells (ring the bells) that still can ring
	Forget your perfect offering
	There is a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything)
	That's how the light gets in We asked for signs
	The signs were sent
	The birth betrayed
	The marriage spent
	Yeah the widowhood
	Of every government
	Signs for all to see I can't run no more
	With that lawless crowd
	While the killers in high places
	Say their prayers out loud
	But they've summoned, they've summoned up
	A thundercloud
	And they're going to hear from me (Ring, ring, ring, ring)
	Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering
	There is a crack, a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything)
	That's how the light gets in You can add up the parts
	You won't have the sum
	You can strike up the march
	There is no drum
	Every heart, every heart to love will come
	But like a refugee (Ring, ring, ring, ring)
	Ring the bells that still can ring
	Forget your perfect offering
	There is a crack, a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything)
	That's how the light gets in
	Ring the bells that still can ring (ring the bells that still can ring)
	Forget your perfect offering
	There is a crack, a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything)
	That's how the light gets in
	That's how the light gets in
	That's how the light gets in Come over to the window, my little darling
	I'd like to try to read your palm
	I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy
	Before I let you take me home Now so long, Marianne
	It's time that we began to laugh
	And cry and cry and laugh about it all again Well, you know that I love to live with you
	But you make me forget so very much
	I forget to pray for the angels
	And then the angels forget to pray for us Now so long, Marianne
	It's time that we began to laugh
	And cry and cry and laugh about it all again We met when we were almost young
	Deep in the green lilac park
	You held on to me like I was a crucifix
	As we went kneeling through the dark Oh, so long, Marianne
	It's time that we began to laugh
	And cry and cry and laugh about it all again Your letters, they all say that you're beside me now
	Then why do I feel alone?
	I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
	Is fastening my ankle to a stone Now so long, Marianne
	It's time that we began to laugh
	And cry and cry and laugh about it all again For now I need your hidden love
	I'm cold as a new razorblade
	You left when I told you I was curious
	I never said that I was brave Oh, so long, Marianne
	It's time that we began to laugh
	And cry and cry and laugh about it all again Oh, you are really such a pretty one
	I see you've gone and changed your name again
	And just when I climbed this whole mountainside
	To wash my eyelids in the rain Oh, so long, Marianne
	It's time that we began to laugh
	And cry and cry and laugh about it all again I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm
	Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm
	Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new
	In city and in forest they smiled like me and you
	But now it's come to distances and both of us must try
	Your eyes are soft with sorrow
	Hey, that's no way to say goodbye I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time
	Walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
	You know my love goes with you as your love stays with me
	It's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea
	But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie
	Your eyes are soft with sorrow
	Hey, that's no way to say goodbye I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm
	Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm
	Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new
	In city and in forest they smiled like me and you
	But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie
	Your eyes are soft with sorrow
	Hey, that's no way to say goodbye 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 when you opened
	Like a lily to the heat
	You see I?m just another snowman
	Standing in the rain and sleet Who loved you with his frozen love
	His secondhand physique
	With all he is and all he was
	A thousand kisses deep I know you had to lie to me
	I know you had to cheat
	To pose all hot and high
	Behind the veils of sheer deceit Our perfect porn aristocrat
	So elegant and cheap
	I?m old but I?m still into that
	A thousand kisses deep I?m good at love, I?m good at hate
	It?s in between I freeze
	Been working out but it?s too late
	(It?s been too late for years) But you look good, you really do
	They love you on the street
	If you were here I?d kneel for you
	A thousand kisses deep The autumn moved across your skin
	Got something in my eye
	A light that doesn?t need to live
	And doesn?t need to die A riddle in the book of love
	Obscure and obsolete
	And witnessed here in time and blood
	A thousand kisses deep But I?m still working with the wine
	Still dancing cheek to cheek
	The band is playing Auld Lang Syne
	But the heart will not retreat I ran with Diz, I sang with Ray
	I never had their sweet
	But once or twice they let me play
	A thousand kisses deep I loved you when you opened
	Like a lily to the heat
	You see I?m just another snowman
	Standing in the rain and sleet Who loved you with his frozen love
	His secondhand physique
	With all he is and all he was
	A thousand kisses deep But you don?t need to hear me now
	And every word I speak
	It counts against me anyhow
	A thousand kisses deep 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
	I have saved all my ribbons for thee
	If I, if I have been unkind
	I hope that you can just let it go by
	If I, if I have been untrue
	I hope you know it was never to you For like a baby, stillborn
	Like a beast with his horn
	I have torn everyone who reached out for me
	But I swear by this song
	And by all that I have done wrong
	I will make it all up to thee I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
	He said to me, "you must not ask for so much"
	And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
	She cried to me, "hey, why not ask for more?"
	Oh, like a bird on the wire
	Like a drunk in a midnight choir
	I have tried in my way to be free It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
	Who said they were through with dealing
	Every time you gave them shelter
	I know that kind of man, it's hard to hold the hand of anyone
	Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
	Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
	You find he did not leave you very much, not even laughter
	Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild
	He'll never need to deal another
	He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
	He was just some Joseph looking for a manger And then leaning on your window sill
	He'll say one day you caused his will
	To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
	And then taking from his wallet
	An old schedule of trains, he'll say
	I told you when I came I was a stranger But now another stranger seems
	To want you to ignore his dreams
	As though they were the burden of some other
	Oh, you've seen that man before
	His golden arm dispatching cards
	But now it's rusted from the elbows to the finger
	And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
	Yes, he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter Ah, you hate to see another tired man
	Lay down his hand like he was giving up the holy game of poker
	And while he talks his dreams to sleep you notice there's a highway
	That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
	It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder You tell him to come in sit down
	But something makes you turn around
	The door is open you can't close your shelter
	You try the handle of the road, it opens, do not be afraid
	It's you my love, you who are the stranger
	It is you my love, you who are the stranger Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
	We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
	I think it's time to board another
	Please understand, I never had a secret chart
	To get me to the heart of this or any other matter
	Well, he talks like this you don't know what he's after
	When he speaks like this you don't know what he's after Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
	Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
	That they are building on some endless river
	Then he leaves the platform for the sleeping car that's warm
	You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter
	And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
	And you say okay, the bridge or someplace later And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
	You find he did not leave you very much, not even laughter
	Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild
	He'll never need to deal another
	He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
	He was just some Joseph looking for a manger And then leaning on your window sill
	He'll say one day you caused his will
	To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
	And then taking from his wallet
	An old schedule of trains, he'll say
	I told you when I came I was a stranger
	I told you when I came I was a stranger
	I told you when I came I was a stranger
	I told you when I came I was a stranger 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
	And lie beside me, baby
	That's an order Give me crack and anal sex
	Take the only tree that's left
	And stuff it up the hole
	In your culture
	Give me back the Berlin wall
	Give me Stalin and St. Paul
	I've seen the future, brother
	It is murder Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
	Won't be nothing
	Nothing you can measure anymore
	The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
	Has crossed the threshold
	And it has overturned
	The order of the soul
	When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
	I wonder what they meant
	When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
	I wonder what they meant
	When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
	I wonder what they meant You don't know me from the wind
	You never will, you never did
	I'm the little Jew
	Who wrote the Bible
	I've seen the nations rise and fall
	I've heard their stories, heard them all
	But love's the only engine of survival
	Your servant here, he has been told
	To say it clear, to say it cold
	It's over, it ain't going
	Any further
	And now the wheels of heaven stop
	You feel the devil's riding crop
	Get ready for the future
	It is murder Things are going to slide
	Slide in all directions
	Won't be nothing
	Nothing you can measure anymore
	The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
	Has crossed the threshold
	And it has overturned
	The order of the soul
	When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
	I wonder what they meant
	When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
	I wonder what they meant
	When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
	I wonder what they meant There'll be the breaking of the ancient
	Western code
	Your private life will suddenly explode
	There'll be phantoms
	There'll be fires on the road
	And the white man dancing
	You'll see a woman
	Hanging upside down
	Her features covered by her fallen gown
	And all the lousy little poets
	Coming round
	Tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
	And the white man dancin' Give me back the Berlin wall
	Give me Stalin and St. Paul
	Give me Christ or give me Hiroshima
	Destroy another fetus now
	We don't like children anyhow
	I've seen the future, baby
	it is murder Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
	Won't be nothing
	Nothing you can measure anymore
	The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
	Has crossed the threshold
	And it has overturned
	The order of the soul
	When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
	I wonder what they meant
	When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
	I wonder what they meant
	When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
	I wonder what they meant When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent) In my secret life
	In my secret life
	In my secret life
	In my secret life I saw you this morning
	You were moving so fast
	Can't seem to loosen my grip
	On the past
	And I miss you so much
	There's no one in sight
	And we're still making love
	In my secret life
	In my secret life I smile when I'm angry
	I cheat and I lie
	I do what I have to do
	To get by
	But I know what is wrong
	And I know what is right
	And I'd die for the truth
	In my secret life
	In my secret life Hold on, hold on, my brother
	My sister, hold on tight
	I finally got my orders
	I'll be marching through the morning
	Marching through the night
	Moving cross the borders
	Of my secret life Looked through the paper
	Makes you wanna cry
	Nobody cares if the people
	Live or die
	And the dealer wants you thinking
	That it's either black or white
	Thank God it's not that simple
	In my secret life I bite my lip
	I buy what I'm told
	From the latest hit
	To the wisdom of old
	But I'm always alone
	And my heart is like ice
	And it's crowded and cold
	In my secret life
	In my secret life
	In my secret life
	In my secret life
	In my secret life
	In my secret life
	In my secret life
	In my secret life I'm slowing down the tune
	I never liked it fast
	You want to get there soon
	I want to get there last It's not because I'm old
	It's not the life I led
	I always liked it slow
	That's what my momma said I'm lacing up my shoe
	But I don't want to run
	I'll get here when I do
	Don't need no starting gun It's not because I'm old
	And it's not what dying does
	I always liked it slow
	Slow is in my blood I always liked it slow:
	I never liked it fast
	With you it's got to go:
	With me it's got to last It's not because I'm old
	It's not because I'm dead
	I always liked it slow
	That's what my momma said All your moves are swift
	All your turns are tight
	Let me catch my breath
	I thought we had all night I like to take my time
	I like to linger as it flies
	A weekend on your lips
	A lifetime in your eyes I always liked it slow:
	I never liked it fast
	With you it's got to go:
	With me it's got to last It's not because I'm old
	It's not the life I led
	I always liked it slow
	That's what my momma said I'm slowing down the tune
	I never liked it fast
	You want to get there soon
	I want to get there last So baby let me go
	You're wanted back in town
	In case they want to know
	I'm just trying to slow it down The ponies run, the girls are young
	The odds are there to beat
	You win a while and then it's done
	Your little winning streak
	And summoned now to deal
	With your invincible defeat
	You live your life as if it's real
	A thousand kisses deep I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed
	I'm back on boogie street
	You lose your grip and then you slip
	Into the masterpiece
	And maybe I had miles to drive
	And promises to keep
	You ditch it all to stay alive
	A thousand kisses deep And sometimes when the night is slow
	The wretched and the meek
	We gather up our hearts and go
	A thousand kisses deep Confined to sex we pressed against
	The limits of the sea
	I saw there were no oceans left
	For scavengers like me
	I made it to the forward deck
	I blessed our remnant fleet
	And then consented to be wrecked
	A thousand kisses deep I'm turning tricks I'm getting fixed
	I'm back on boogie street
	I guess they won't exchange the gifts
	That you were meant to keep
	And quiet is the thought of you
	The file on you complete
	Except what we forgot to do
	A thousand kisses deep And sometimes when the night is slow
	The wretched and the meek
	We gather up our hearts and go
	A thousand kisses deep The ponies run, the girls are young
	The odds are there to beat
	You win a while and then it's done
	Your little winning streak
	And summoned now to deal
	With your invincible defeat
	You live your life as if it's real
	A thousand kisses deep I love to speak with Leonard
	He's a sportsman and a shepherd
	He's a lazy bastard
	Living in a suit But he does say what I tell him
	Even though it isn't welcome
	He just doesn't have the freedom
	To refuse He will speak these words of wisdom
	Like a sage, a man of vision
	Though he knows he's really nothing
	But the brief elaboration of a tube Going home
	Without my sorrow
	Going home
	Sometime tomorrow
	Going home
	To where it's better
	Than before Going home
	Without my burden
	Going home
	Behind the curtain
	Going home
	Without the costume
	That I wore He wants to write a love song
	An anthem of forgiving
	A manual for living with defeat A cry above the suffering
	A sacrifice recovering
	But that isn't what I need him
	To complete I want to make him certain
	That he doesn't have a burden
	That he doesn't need a vision
	That he only has permission
	To do my instant bidding
	Which is to say what I have told him
	To repeat Going home
	Without my sorrow
	Going home
	Sometime tomorrow
	Going home
	To where it's better
	Than before Going home
	Without my burden
	Going home
	Behind the curtain
	Going home
	Without this costume
	That I wore I'm going home
	Without the sorrow
	Going home
	Sometime tomorrow
	Going home
	To where it's better
	Than before Going home
	Without my burden
	Going home
	Behind the curtain
	Going home
	Without this costume
	That I wore I love to speak with Leonard
	He's a sportsman and a shepherd
	He's a lazy bastard
	Living in a suit 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 mine must be the shame
	You want it darker
	We kill the flame Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name
	Vilified, crucified, in the human frame
	A million candles burning for the help that never came
	You want it darker Hineni, hineni
	I'm ready, my lord There's a lover in the story
	But the story's still the same
	There's a lullaby for suffering
	And a paradox to blame
	But it's written in the scriptures
	And it's not some idle claim
	You want it darker
	We kill the flame They're lining up the prisoners
	And the guards are taking aim
	I struggled with some demons
	They were middle class and tame
	I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim
	You want it darker Hineni, hineni
	I'm ready, my lord Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name
	Vilified, crucified, in the human frame
	A million candles burning for the love that never came
	You want it darker
	We kill the flame If you are the dealer, let me out of the game
	If you are the healer, I'm broken and lame
	If thine is the glory, mine must be the shame
	You want it darker Hineni, hineni
	Hineni, hineni
	I'm ready, my lord Hineni
	Hineni, hineni
	Hineni They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
	For trying to change the system from within
	I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
	First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I'm guided by a signal in the heavens (guided, guided)
	I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin (guided, guided by)
	I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons (guided)
	First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin (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?)
	(I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those) Ah, you loved me as a loser
	But now you're worried that I just might win
	You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline
	How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
	First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I don't like your fashion business, mister
	And 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 (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?)
	(I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those) And I thank you for those items that you sent me, ha ha ha
	The monkey and the plywood violin
	I practiced every night, now I'm ready
	First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin (I am guided) Ah remember me, I used to live for music (baby)
	Remember me, I brought your groceries in (ooh, baby, yeah)
	Well, it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded (baby)
	First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin 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
	Who by very slow decay
	And who shall I say is calling? 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? And who by brave assent, 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? If you want a lover
	I'll do anything you ask me to
	And if you want another kind of love
	I'll wear a mask for you
	If you want a partner, take my hand, or
	If you want to strike me down in anger
	Here I stand
	I'm your man If you want a boxer
	I will step into the ring for you
	And if you want a doctor
	I'll examine every inch of you
	If you want a driver, climb inside
	Or if you want to take me for a ride
	You know you can
	I'm your man Ah, the moon's too bright
	The chain's too tight
	The beast won't go to sleep
	I've been running through these promises to you
	That I made and I could not keep
	Ah, but a man never got a woman back
	Not by begging on his knees
	Or I'd crawl to you baby and I'd fall at your feet
	And I'd howl at your beauty like a dog in heat
	And I'd claw at your heart, and I'd tear at your sheet
	I'd say please (please)
	I'm your man And if you've got to sleep a moment on the road
	I will steer for you
	And if you want to work the street alone
	I'll disappear for you
	If you want a father for your child
	Or only want to walk with me a while across the sand
	I'm your man If you want a lover
	I'll do anything you ask me to
	And if you want another kind of love
	I'll wear a mask for you You can dance every dance with the guy
	Who gives you the eye, let him hold you tight
	You can smile every smile for the man
	Who held your hand 'neath the pale moon light
	But don't forget who's takin' you home
	And in whose arms you're gonna be
	So darlin' save the last dance for me Oh, I know that the music's fine
	Like sparklin' wine, go and have your fun
	Laugh and sing, but while we're apart
	Don't give your heart to anyone
	But don't forget who's takin' you home
	And in whose arms you're gonna be
	So darlin' save the last dance for me Baby, don't you know I love you so
	Can't you feel it when we touch?
	I will never, never let you go
	I love you, oh so much You can dance, go and carry on
	'Till the night is gone
	And it's time to go
	If he asks if you're all alone
	Can he walk you home, you must tell him no
	'Cause don't forget who's taking you home
	And in whose arms you're gonna be
	Save the last dance for me Oh, I know that the music's fine
	Like sparklin' wine, go and have your fun
	Laugh and sing, but while we're apart
	Don't give your heart to anyone And don't forget who's takin' you home
	And in whose arms you're gonna be
	So darling, save the last dance for me So don't forget who's taking you home
	Or in whose arms you're gonna be
	So darling, save the last dance for me Oh baby, won't you save the last dance for me?
	Oh baby, won't you promise that you'll save
	The last dance for me>
	Save the last dance, the very last dance for me 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
	There's a piece that was torn from the morning
	And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost I, I-I-I
	Take this waltz, take this waltz
	Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws Oh, I want you, I want you, I want you
	On a chair with a dead magazine
	In the cave at the tip of the lilly
	In some hallway where love's never been
	On a bed where the moon has been sweating
	In a cry filled with footsteps and sand I, I-I-I
	Take this waltz, take this waltz
	Take its broken waist in your hand This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
	With its very own breath of brandy and Death
	Dragging its tail in the sea There's a concert hall in Vienna
	Where your mouth had a thousand reviews
	There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking
	They've been sentenced to death by the blues
	Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture
	With a garland of freshly cut tears? I, I-I-I
	Take this waltz, take this waltz
	Take this waltz, it's been dying for years There's an attic where children are playing
	Where I've got to lie down with you soon
	In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
	In the mist of some sweet afternoon
	And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow
	All your sheep and your lillies of snow I, I-I-I
	Take this waltz, take this waltz
	With its "I'll never forget you, you know!" This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
	With its very own breath of brandy and Death
	Dragging its tail in the sea And I'll dance with you in Vienna
	I'll be wearing a river's disguise
	The hyacinth wild on my shoulder
	My mouth on the dew of your thighs
	And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook
	With the photographs there, and the moss
	And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty
	My cheap violin and my cross
	And you'll carry me down on your dancing
	To the pools that you lift on your wrist
	Oh my love, oh my love
	Take this waltz, take this waltz
	It's yours now, it's all that there is (La-la-la, la-la-la)
	(La-la-la, la-la-la)
	(La-la-la, la-la-la)
	(La-la-la, la-la-la)
	(La-la-la, la-la-la)
	(La-la-la, la-la-la)
	(I, I-I-I) 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
	But I was waiting
	For the miracle, for the miracle to come
	I know you really loved me
	But, you see, my hands were tied
	And I know it must have hurt you,
	It must have hurt your pride
	To have to stand beneath my window
	With your bugle and your drum
	And me I'm up there waiting
	For the miracle, for the miracle to come Ah I don't believe you'd like it,
	You wouldn't like it here
	There ain't no entertainment
	And the judgments are severe
	The Maestro says it's Mozart
	But it sounds like bubble gum
	When you're waiting
	For the miracle, for the miracle to come Waiting for the miracle
	There's nothing left to do
	I haven't been this happy
	Since the end of World War II Nothing left to do
	When you know that you've been taken
	Nothing left to do
	When you're begging for a crumb
	Nothing left to do
	When you've got to go on waiting
	Waiting for the miracle to come I dreamed about you, baby
	It was just the other night
	Most of you was naked
	Ah but some of you was light
	The sands of time were falling
	From your fingers and your thumb
	And you were waiting
	For the miracle, for the miracle to come Ah baby, let's get married
	We've been alone too long
	Let's be alone together
	Let's see if we're that strong
	Yeah let's do something crazy,
	Something absolutely wrong
	While we're waiting
	For the miracle, for the miracle to come Nothing left to do
	When you know that you've been taken
	Nothing left to do
	When you're begging for a crumb
	Nothing left to do
	When you've got to go on waiting
	Waiting for the miracle to come When you've fallen on the highway
	And you're lying in the rain,
	And they ask you how you're doing
	Of course you'll say you can't complain
	If you're squeezed for information,
	That's when you've got to play it dumb
	You just say you're out there waiting
	For the miracle, for the miracle to come 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
	Of the places we could hide You got me singing
	Even though the world is gone
	You got me thinking
	I'd like to carry on You got me singing
	Even tho' it all looks grim
	You got me singing
	The Hallelujah hymn You got me singing
	Like a prisoner in a jail
	You got me singing
	Like my pardon's in the mail You got me wishing
	Our little love would last
	You got me thinking
	Like those people of the past You got me singing
	Even though the world is gone
	You got me thinking
	I'd like to carry on You got me singing
	Even tho' it all went wrong
	You got me singing
	The Hallelujah song 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) 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 drinker every dancer
	Lifts a happy face to thank her
	The fiddler fiddles something so sublime
	All the women tear their blouses off
	And the men they dance on the polka-dots
	And it's partner found, it's partner lost
	And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
	It's closing time
	(Closing time)
	(Closing time)
	(Closing time) Yeah the women tear their blouses off
	And the men they dance on the polka-dots
	And it's partner found, it's partner lost
	And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
	It's closing time Ah we're lonely, we're romantic
	And the cider's laced with acid
	And the holy spirit's crying, where's the beef?
	And the moon is swimming naked
	And the summer night is fragrant
	With a mighty expectation of relief
	So we struggle and we stagger
	Down the snakes and up the ladder
	To the tower where the blessed hours chime
	And I swear it happened just like this
	A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
	The gates of love they budged an inch
	I can't say much has happened since
	But closing time
	(Closing time)
	(Closing time)
	(Closing time) I swear it happened just like this
	A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
	The gates of love they budged an inch
	I can't say much has happened since
	(I can't say much has happened since)
	We're closing time
	Closing time I loved you for your beauty
	But that doesn't make a fool of me
	You were in it for your beauty too
	And I loved you for your body
	There's a voice that sounds like god to me
	Declaring, (declaring) declaring,declaring that your body's really you
	And I loved you when our love was blessed
	And I love you now there's nothing left
	But sorrow and a sense of overtime
	And I missed you since the place got wrecked
	And I just don't care what happens next
	Looks like freedom but it feels like death
	It's something in between, I guess
	It's closing time
	(Closing time)
	(Closing time)
	(Closing time) Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked
	By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
	Looks like freedom but it feels like death
	It's something in between, I guess
	It's closing time Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing
	But there's nothing really happening
	And the place is dead as heaven on a Saturday night
	And my very close companion
	Gets me fumbling gets me laughing
	She's a hundred but she's wearing
	Something tight
	And I lift my glass to the awful truth
	Which you can't reveal to the ears of youth
	Except to say it isn't worth a dime
	And the whole damn place goes crazy twice
	And it's once for the devil and once for Christ
	But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
	We're busted in the blinding lights
	Of closing time
	(Closing time)
	(Closing time)
	(Closing time) The whole damn place goes crazy twice
	And it's once for the devil and once for Christ
	But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
	We're busted in the blinding lights
	(Busted in the blinding lights)
	Busted in the blinding lights
	Of closing time
	Closing time Oh the women tear their blouses off
	And the men they dance on the polka-dots
	It's closing time
	And it's partner found, it's partner lost
	And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
	It's closing time
	I swear it happened just like this
	A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
	It's closing time (closing time)
	(Closing time)
	(Closing time)
	(Closing time) The gates of love they budged an inch
	I can't say much has happened since
	But closing time (closing time, closing time, closing time) I loved you when our love was blessed
	I love you now there's nothing left
	But closing time
	I miss you since the place got wrecked
	By the winds of change and the weeds of sex Oh, the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone
	They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on
	And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song
	Oh, I hope you run into them, you who've been travelling so long Yes, you who must leave everything that you cannot control
	It begins with your family, but soon it comes around to your soul
	Well, I've been where you're hanging, I think I can see how you're pinned
	When you're not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you've sinned Well, they lay down beside me, I made my confession to them
	They touched both my eyes and I touched the dew on their hem
	If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn
	They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem When I left they were sleeping, I hope you run into them soon
	Don't turn on the lights, you can read their address by the moon
	And you won't make me jealous if I hear that they sweetened your night
	We weren't lovers like that and besides, it would still be all right
	We weren't lovers like that and besides, it would still be all right Store Room Its not the wind that keeps you up,
	Its not the snow
	Its not the moon
	coming like a headlight
	through your window
	Its not the thumbnail of a screen
	That scrapes away your dream It's just this man,
	Taking what he needs,
	From the store room, Its not the news of burning towns
	That ruins your mind
	like a spoon you turn and you turn
	But it wont unwind
	Though these wars you did not start
	They dont tear your sleep apart It's just a man,
	Taking what he needs,
	From the store room, And now this woman by your side
	Well shes is asleep
	And there's nothing you can give her,
	and there's nothing you want to keep
	You don't even try to prove that the noise is
	neighbours making love. It's just a man,
	Taking what he needs,
	From the store room, Well go to sleep and change the locks
	When you wake up
	Share your toast maybe
	spill some coffee from your cup
	Oh theres nothing left to choose
	And there is so much more to loose. Theres this man,
	Taking what he needs,
	From the store room, Its not the wind that keeps you up,
	Its not the snow
	Its not the moon
	coming like a headlight
	through your window
	Its not the thumbnail of a screen
	That scrapes away your dream It's just a man,
	Taking what he needs,
	From the store room, Its not the news of burning towns
	That ruins your mind
	like a spoon you turn and you turn
	But wont unwind
	No these wars you did not start
	They dont tear your sleep apart It's just a man,
	Taking what he needs,
	From the store room, And now the woman by your side
	Well shes awake
	But there's nothing you can give her,
	and there's nothing you want to take
	You don't even try to prove that the noise is
	neighbours making love. It's just a man,
	Taking what he needs,
	From the store room, Oh go to sleep and change the locks
	When you wake up
	Share your toast maybe
	spill a little coffee from your cup
	Hes got nothing left to choose
	And youve got so much more to loose. It's just a man,
	Taking what he needs,
	From the store room, It's four in the morning, the end of December
	I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
	New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
	There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
	You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
	She said that you gave it to her
	That night that you planned to go clear
	Did you ever go clear? Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
	Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
	You'd been to the station to meet every train, and
	You came home without Lili Marlene And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
	And when she came back she was nobody's wife Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
	One more thin gypsy thief
	Well, I see Jane's awake
	She sends her regards And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
	What can I possibly say?
	I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
	I'm glad you stood in my way If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
	Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
	I thought it was there for good so I never tried And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
	She said that you gave it to her
	That night that you planned to go clear Sincerely, L Cohen 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've lost my wife and children
	But I have many friends
	And some of them are with me An old woman gave us shelter
	Kept us hidden in the garret
	Then the soldiers came
	She died without a whisper There were three of us this morning
	I'm the only one this evening
	But I must go on
	The frontiers are my prison Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
	Through the graves the wind is blowing
	Freedom soon will come
	Then we'll come from the shadows Les Allemands Ã©taient chez moi
	Ils me dirent, "rÃ©signe toi"
	Mais je n'ai pas peur
	J'ai repris mon Ã¢me J'ai changÃ© cent fois de nom
	J'ai perdu femme et enfants
	Mais j'ai tant d'amis
	J'ai la France entiÃ¨re Un vieil homme dans un grenier
	Pour la nuit nous a cachÃ©
	Les Allemands l'ont pris
	Il est mort sans surprise Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing
	Through the graves the wind is blowing
	Freedom soon will come
	Then we'll come from the shadows I asked my father,
	I said, "father change my name."
	The one I'm using now it's covered up
	With fear and filth and cowardice and shame. Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
	Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me. 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." Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
	Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me. "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." Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
	Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me. "i never never turned aside," he said,
	"i never walked away.
	It was you who built the temple,
	It was you who covered up my face." Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
	Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me. 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. Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
	Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me. Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
	Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me. Un Canadien Errant (A wandering Canadian,)
	Banni de ses foyers, (banned from his hearths,)
	Parcourait en pleurant (travelled while crying)
	Des pays etrangers. (in foreign lands.)
	Parcourait en pleurant (travelled while crying)
	Des pays etrangers. (in foreign lands.)
	Un jour, triste et pensif, (One day, sad and pensive,)
	Assis au bord des flots, (sitting by the flowing waters,)
	Au courant fugitif (to the fleeing current)
	Il adressa ces mots: (he addressed these words:)
	Au courant fugitif (to the fleeing current)
	Il adressa ces mots: (he addressed these words:) "Si tu vois mon pays, (If you see my country,)
	Mon pays malheureux, (my unhappy country,)
	Va dire a mes amis (go tell my friends)
	Que je me souviens d'eux. (that I remember them.)
	Va dire a mes amis (go tell my friends)
	Que je me souviens d'eux. (that I remember them.) O jours si pleins d'appas, (O days so full of charms,)
	Vous etes disparus... (you have vanished...)
	Et ma patrie, helas! (And my native land, alas!)
	Je ne la verrai plus. (I will see it no more.)
	Et ma patrie, helas! (And my native land, alas!)
	Je ne la verrai plus. (I will see it no more.) 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 broken hill
	All your praises they shall ring
	If it be your will
	To let me sing From this broken hill
	All your praises they shall ring
	If it be your will
	To let me sing If it be your will
	If there is a choice
	Let the rivers fill
	Let the hills rejoice
	Let your mercy spill
	On all these burning hearts in hell
	If it be your will
	To make us well And draw us near
	And bind us tight
	All your children here
	In their rags of light
	In our rags of light
	All dressed to kill
	And end this night
	If it be your will If it be your will 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 got no future,
	I know my days are few
	The present's not that pleasant
	Just a lot of things to do
	I thought the past would last me
	But the darkness got that too I shoulda seen it coming
	It was right behind your eyes
	You were young and it was summer
	I just had to take a dive
	When I knew was easy, the darkness was the price. I don't smoke no cigarette, I don't drink no alcohol
	I ain't had much loving yet
	But that's always been your call
	Hey I don't miss it baby
	I got no taste for anything at all I used to love the rainbow
	And I used to love the view
	Another early morning, I'd pretend that it was you
	But I caught the darkness baby
	And I got it worse than you 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 Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey
	I ache in the places where I used to play
	And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
	I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?
	Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
	But I hear him coughing all night long
	Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song I was born like this, I had no choice
	I was born with the gift of a golden voice
	And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond
	They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
	I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all
	I'm standing by the window where the light is strong
	Ah, they don't let a woman kill you, not in the Tower of Song Now, you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure
	The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
	And there's a mighty judgment coming, but I may be wrong
	You see, you hear these funny voices in the Tower of Song I see you standing on the other side
	I don't know how the river got so wide
	I loved you baby, way back when
	And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed
	But I feel so close to everything that we lost
	We'll never, we'll never have to lose it again Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back
	They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
	But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone
	I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window in the Tower of Song Yeah, my friends are gone and my hair is gray
	I ache in the places where I used to play
	And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
	I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
	You were talking so brave and so free
	Giving me head on the unmade bed
	While the limousines wait in the street
	And those were the reasons and that was New York
	I was running for the money and the flesh
	That was called love for the workers in song
	It still is for those of us left.
	But you got away, didn't you, baby?
	You just threw it all to the crowd
	You got away, they can't pay you now
	For making your sweet little song
	I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
	In the winter of 67
	My friends of that year they were all trying to go queer
	And me I was just getting even
	And those were the reasons and that was New York
	I was running for the money and the flesh
	That was called love for the workers in song
	It still is for those of us left
	But you got away, didn't you, baby?
	You just threw it all to the crowd
	You got away, they can't pay you now
	For making your sweet little song I loved you for a long, long time
	I know this love is real
	It don't matter how it all went wrong
	That don't change the way I feel
	And I can't believe that time is
	Gonna heal this wound I'm speaking of
	There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love I'm aching for you baby
	I can't pretend I'm not
	I need to see you naked
	In your body and your thought
	I've got you like a habit
	And I'll never get enough
	There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love (There ain't no cure for love)
	(There ain't no cure for love)
	All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky
	The holy books are open wide
	The doctors working day and night
	But they'll never ever find that cure for love
	(There ain't no drink, no drug) ah, tell them, angels
	(There's nothing pure enough to be a cure for love) I see you in the subway and I see you on the bus
	I see you lying down with me, I see you waking up
	I see your hand, I see your hair
	Your bracelets and your brush
	And I call to you, I call to you
	But I don't call soft enough
	There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love I walked into this empty church, I had no place else to go
	When the sweetest voice I ever heard whispered to my soul
	I don't need to be forgiven for loving you so much
	It's written in the scriptures
	It's written there in blood
	And I even heard the angels declare it from above
	There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love (There ain't no cure for love)
	(There ain't no cure for love)
	All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky
	The holy books are open wide
	The doctors working day and night
	But they'll never-ever find that (cure for love), that cure for love
	(That cure for love)
	(There ain't no cure for love)
	(No cure for love, there ain't no cure for love) There was a child named Bernadette
	I heard the story long ago
	She saw the Queen of Heaven once
	And kept the vision in her soul
	No one believed what she had seen
	No one believed what she heard
	But there were sorrows to be here
	And mercy, mercy in this world So many hearts I find, broke like yours and mine
	Torn by what we've done and can't undo
	I just want to hold you, come on let me hold you
	Like Bernadette would do We've been around, we fall, we fly
	We mostly fall, we mostly run
	And every now and then we try
	To mend the damage that we've done
	Tonight, tonight I just can't rest
	I've got this joy inside my breast
	To think that I did not forget that child
	That song of Bernadette So many hearts I find, broke like yours and mine
	Torn by what we've done and can't undo
	I just want to hold you, won't let me hold you
	Like Bernadette would do
	I just want to hold you, come on let me hold you
	Like Bernadette would do The war was lost
	The treaty signed
	I was not caught
	I crossed the line I was not caught
	Though many tried
	I live among you
	Well disguised I had to leave
	My life behind
	I dug some graves
	You'll never find The story's told
	With facts and lies
	I have a name
	But nevermind Nevermind
	Nevermind
	The war was lost
	The treaty signed There's truth that lives
	And truth that dies
	I don't know which
	So nevermind Your victory
	Was so complete
	Some among you
	Thought to keep A record of
	Our little lives
	The clothes we wore
	Our spoons, our knives The games of luck
	Our soldiers played
	The stones we cut
	The songs we made Our law of peace
	Which understands
	A husband leads
	A wife commands And all of this
	Expressions of
	The sweet indifference
	Some call love The high indifference
	Some call fate
	But we had names
	More intimate Names so deep and
	Names so true
	They're blood to me
	They're dust to you There is no need
	That this survive
	There's truth that lives
	And truth that dies Nevermind
	Nevermind
	I live the life
	I left behind There's truth that lives
	And truth that dies
	I don't know which
	So nevermind I could not kill
	The way you kill
	I could not hate
	I tried I failed You turned me in
	At least you tried
	You side with them
	Whom you despise This was your heart
	This swarm of flies
	This was once your mouth
	This bowl of lies You serve them well
	I'm not surprised
	You're of their kin
	You're of their kind Nevermind
	Nevermind
	I had to leave my life behind
	The story's told
	With facts and lies
	You own the world
	So nevermind Nevermind
	Nevermind
	I live the life
	I left behind I live it full
	I live it wide
	Through layers of time
	You can't divide My woman's here
	My children too
	Their graves are safe
	From ghosts like you In places deep
	With roots entwined
	I live the life I left behind The war was lost
	The treaty signed
	I was not caught
	I crossed the line I was not caught
	Though many tried
	I live among you
	Well disguised It's coming through a hole in the air
	From those nights in Tiananmen Square
	It's coming from the feel
	That this ain't exactly real
	Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there
	From the wars against disorder
	From the sirens night and day
	From the fires of the homeless
	From the ashes of the gay
	Democracy is coming to the USA
	It's coming through a crack in the wall
	On a visionary flood of alcohol
	From the staggering account
	Of the Sermon on the Mount
	Which I don't pretend to understand at all
	It's coming from the silence
	On the dock of the bay,
	From the brave, the bold, the battered
	Heart of Chevrolet
	Democracy is coming to the USA It's coming from the sorrow in the street
	The holy places where the races meet
	From the homicidal bitchin'
	That goes down in every kitchen
	To determine who will serve and who will eat
	From the wells of disappointment
	Where the women kneel to pray
	For the grace of God in the desert here
	And the desert far away:
	Democracy is coming to the USA Sail on, sail on
	Oh mighty ship of State
	To the shores of need
	Past the reefs of greed
	Through the Squalls of hate
	Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on It's coming to America first
	The cradle of the best and of the worst
	It's here they got the range
	And the machinery for change
	And it's here they got the spiritual thirst
	It's here the family's broken
	And it's here the lonely say
	That the heart has got to open
	In a fundamental way
	Democracy is coming to the USA It's coming from the women and the men
	Oh baby, we'll be making love again
	We'll be going down so deep
	The river's going to weep,
	And the mountain's going to shout Amen
	It's coming like the tidal flood
	Beneath the lunar sway
	Imperial, mysterious
	In amorous array
	Democracy is coming to the USA Sail on, sail on
	O mighty ship of State
	To the shores of need
	Past the reefs of greed
	Through the squalls of hate
	Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
	I love the country but I can't stand the scene
	And I'm neither left or right
	I'm just staying home tonight
	Getting lost in that hopeless little screen
	But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
	As time cannot decay
	I'm junk but I'm still holding up this little wild bouquet
	Democracy is coming to the USA
	To the USA Si tu savais comme on s'ennuie
	Ã€ la Manic
	Tu m'Ã©crirais bien plus souvent
	Ã€ la Manicouagan
	Parfois je pense Ã toi si fort
	Je recrÃ©e ton Ã¢me et ton corps
	Je te regarde et m'Ã©merveille
	Je me prolonge en toi
	Comme le fleuve dans la mer
	Et la fleur dans l'abeille Que deviennent quand j'suis pas lÃ ,
	Mon bel amour,
	Ton front doux comme fine soie
	Et tes yeux de velours?
	Te tournes-tu vers la cÃ´te nord
	Pour voir un peu, pour voir encore
	Ma main qui te fait signe d'attendre?
	Soir et matin je tends les bras
	Je te rejoins oÃ¹ que tu sois
	Et je te garde Dis-moi c' qui s' passe Ã Trois-RiviÃ¨res
	Et Ã QuÃ©bec
	LÃ oÃ¹ la vie a tant Ã faire
	Et tout c' qu'on fait avec
	Dis-moi c' qui s' passe Ã MontrÃ©al,
	Dans les rues sales et transversales
	OÃ¹ tu es toujours la plus belle,
	Car la laideur ne t'atteint pas,
	Toi que j'aimerai jusqu'au trÃ©pas,
	Mon Ã©ternelle Nous autres on fait les fanfarons
	Ã€ coeur de jour
	Mais on est tous de bons larrons
	ClouÃ©s Ã leurs amours.
	Y en a qui jouent de la guitare,
	D'autres qui jouent d' l'accordÃ©on
	Pour passer l' temps quand y est trop long
	Mais moi, je joue de mes amours
	Et je danse en disant ton nom,
	Tellement je t'aime Si tu savais comme on s'ennuie
	Ã€ la Manic
	Tu m'Ã©crirais bien plus souvent
	Ã€ la Manicouagan
	Si t'as pas grand'chose Ã me dire,
	Ã‰cris cent fois les mots Â«Je t'aimeÂ»:
	Ã‡a fera le plus beau des poÃ¨mes.
	Je le lirai cent fois...
	Cent fois cent fois c'est pas beaucoup
	Pour ceux qui s'aiment Si tu savais comme on s'ennuie
	Ã€ la Manic
	Tu m'Ã©crirais bien plus souvent
	Ã€ la Manicouagan. Tell me again
	When I've been to the river
	And I've taken the edge off my thirst
	Tell me again
	We're alone and I'm listening
	I'm listening so hard that it hurts
	Tell me again
	When I'm clean and I'm sober
	Tell me again
	When I've seen through the horror
	Tell me again
	Tell me over and over
	Tell me that you want me then Amen
	Amen
	Amen
	Amen Tell me again
	When the victims are singing
	And the laws of remorse are restored
	Tell me again
	That you know what I'm thinking
	But vengeance belongs to the Lord
	Tell me again
	When I'm clean and I'm sober
	Tell me again
	When I've seen through the horror
	Tell me again
	Tell me over and over
	Tell me that you love me then Amen
	Amen
	Amen
	Amen Tell me again
	When the day has been ransomed
	And the night has no right to begin
	Try me again
	When the angels are panting
	And scratching at the door to come in
	Tell me again
	When I'm clean and I'm sober
	Tell me again
	When I've seen through the horror
	Tell me again
	Tell me over and over
	Tell me that you need me then Amen
	Amen
	Amen
	Amen Tell me again
	When the filth of the butcher
	Is washed in the blood of the lamb
	Tell me again
	When the rest of the culture
	Has passed through the eye of the camp
	Tell me again
	When I'm clean and I'm sober
	Tell me again
	When I've seen through the horror
	Tell me again
	Tell me over and over
	Tell me that you love me then Amen
	Amen
	Amen
	Amen 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
	You smiled at me like I was young it
	Took my breath away Your crazy fragrance all around
	Your secrets all in view
	My lost, my lost was saying found
	My don't was saying do Let's keep it on the level
	When I walked away from you
	I turned my back on the devil
	Turned my back on the angel too They ought to give my heart a medal
	For letting go of you
	When I turned my back on the devil
	Turned my back on the angel too Now I'm living in this temple
	Where they tell you what to do
	I'm old and I've had to settle
	On a different point of view I was fighting with temptation
	But I didn't want to win
	A man like me don't like to see
	Temptation caving in Your crazy fragrance all around
	Your secrets all in view
	My lost, my lost was saying found
	My don't was saying do Let's keep it on the level
	When I walked away from you
	I turned my back on the devil
	Turned my back on the angel too They ought to give my heart a medal
	For letting go of you
	When I turned my back on the devil
	Turned my back on the angel too They ought to give my heart a medal
	For letting go of you
	When I turned my back on the devil
	Turned my back on the angel too O gather up the brokenness
	And bring it to me now
	The fragrance of those promises
	You never dared to vow The splinters that you carry
	The cross you left behind
	Come healing of the body
	Come healing of the mind And let the heavens hear it
	The penitential hymn
	Come healing of the spirit
	Come healing of the limb Behold the gates of mercy
	In arbitrary space
	And none of us deserving
	The cruelty or the grace O solitude of longing
	Where love has been confined
	Come healing of the body
	Come healing of the mind O see the darkness yielding
	That tore the light apart
	Come healing of the reason
	Come healing of the heart O troubled dust concealing
	An undivided love
	The heart beneath is teaching
	To the broken heart above Let the heavens falter
	Let the earth proclaim
	Come healing of the altar
	Come healing of the name O longing of the branches
	To lift the little bud
	O longing of the arteries
	To purify the blood And let the heavens hear it
	The penitential hymn
	Come healing of the spirit
	Come healing of the limb O let the heavens hear it
	The penitential hymn
	Come healing of the spirit
	Come healing of the limb Now the flames they followed joan of arc
	As she came riding through the dark;
	No moon to keep her armour bright,
	No man to get her through this very smoky night.
	She said, I'm tired of the war,
	I want the kind of work I had before,
	A wedding dress or something white
	To wear upon my swollen appetite. Well, I'm glad to hear you talk this way,
	You know I've watched you riding every day
	And something in me yearns to win
	Such a cold and lonesome heroine.
	And who are you? she sternly spoke
	To the one beneath the smoke.
	Why, I'm fire, he replied,
	And I love your solitude, I love your pride. Then fire, make your body cold,
	I'm going to give you mine to hold,
	Saying this she climbed inside
	To be his one, to be his only bride.
	And deep into his fiery heart
	He took the dust of joan of arc,
	And high above the wedding guests
	He hung the ashes of her wedding dress. It was deep into his fiery heart
	He took the dust of joan of arc,
	And then she clearly understood
	If he was fire, oh then she must be wood.
	I saw her wince, I saw her cry,
	I saw the glory in her eye.
	Myself I long for love and light,
	But must it come so cruel, and oh so bright? Did I ever love you
	Did I ever need you
	Did I ever fight you
	Did I ever want to Did I ever leave you
	Was I ever able
	Or are we still leaning
	Across the old table Was it ever settled
	Was it ever over
	And is it still raining
	Back in November The lemon trees blossom
	The almond trees whither
	Was I ever someone
	Who could love you forever Did I ever love you
	Does it really matter
	Did I ever fight you
	You don't need to answer Did I ever leave you
	Was I ever able
	And are we still leaning
	Across the old table Getting sick of starting over
	On the same
	Argument
	We could sit around and talk it over
	Or take a trip
	To clear our minds
	At the entrance of Mount Wilson
	It's feeling like the right decision
	Some times you go outside
	To get inside
	If I could only hear you say
	That you are down but you're ok
	We should have said the things we felt
	Is it too late
	Park the car and hit the trail
	The air feels sharp
	On our skin
	We'll see the snow as it is melting
	Spring must be on
	Her way again
	We didn't see her coming for us
	I guess that's mother nature's way
	Sometimes you go outside
	To get inside
	If I could only hear you say
	That you are down but you're ok
	We should have said the things we felt
	Is it too late
	Trapped beneath the wall of snow
	You're only ten
	Feet away
	Silence has a way of speaking
	Only now
	Do we understand
	If I could only hear you say
	That you are down but you're ok
	We should have said the things we felt
	Is it too late I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me,
	But the room just filled up with mosquitoes, they heard that my body was free
	Then I took the dust of a long sleepless night and I put it in your little shoe
	And then I confess that I tortured the dress that you wore for the world to look through I showed my heart to the doctor. He said I'd just have to quit
	Then he wrote himself a prescription, your name was mentioned in it
	Then he locked himself in a library shelf with the details of our honeymoon
	And I hear from the nurse that he's gotten much worse and his practice is all in a ruin I heard of a saint who had loved you, I studied all night in his school
	He taught that the duty of lovers is to tarnish the golden rule
	And just when I was sure that his teachings were pure he drowned himself in the pool
	His body is gone but back here on the lawn his spirit continues to drool An Eskimo showed me a movie he'd recently taken of you
	The poor man could hardly stop shivering, his lips and his fingers were blue
	I suppose that he froze when the wind tore off your clothes
	And I guess he just never got warm, but you stand there so nice in your blizzard of ice
	Oh please let me come into the storm Sometimes I find I get to
	Thinking of the past
	We swore to each other then
	Our love would surely last You kept right on loving
	I went on a fast
	Now I am too thin
	And your love is too vast But I know from your eyes
	And I know from your smile
	That tonight will be fine
	Will be fine, will be fine, will be fine
	For a while I choose the rooms that I live in with care
	The windows are small and the walls almost bare
	There's only one bed and there's only one prayer
	I listen all night for your step on the stair But I know from your eyes
	And I know from your smile
	That tonight will be fine
	Will be fine, will be fine, will be fine
	For a while Oh, sometimes I see her undressing for me
	She's the soft naked lady love meant her to be
	And she's moving her body so brave and so free
	If I've got to remember that's a fine memory And I know from her eyes
	And I know from her smile
	That tonight will be fine
	Will be fine, will be fine, will be fine
	For a while And I know
	And I know
	And I know Suddenly the night has grown colder
	The god of love preparing to depart
	Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder,
	They slip between the sentries of the heart Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure
	They gain the light, they formlessly entwine
	And radiant beyond your widest measure
	They fall among the voices and the wine It's not a trick, your senses all deceiving
	A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust
	Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
	Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost Even though she sleeps upon your satin
	Even though she wakes you with a kiss
	Do not say the moment was imagined
	Do not stoop to strategies like this As someone long prepared for this to happen
	Go firmly to the window, drink it in
	Exquisite music Alexandra laughing
	Your first commitments tangible again And you who had the honor of her evening,
	And by the honor had your own restored
	Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
	Alexandra leaving with her Lord Even though she sleeps upon your satin
	Even though she wakes you with a kiss
	Do not say the moment was imagined
	Do not stoop to strategies like this As someone long prepared for the occasion
	In full command of every plan you wrecked
	Do not choose a coward's explanation
	that hides behind the cause and the effect And you who were bewildered by a meaning
	Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed
	Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
	Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
	Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost It`s going to happen very soon.
	The great event which will end the horror.
	Which will end the sorrow.
	Next Tuesday, when the sun goes down,
	I will play the Moonlight Sonata backwards. This will reverse the effects of the world`s mad plunge into suffering,
	For the last 200 million years.
	What a lovely night that would be.
	What a sigh of relief, as the senile robins become bright red again, And the retired nightingales,
	Pick up their dusty tails,
	And assert the majesty of creation! Maybe I'm still hurting
	I can't turn the other cheek
	But you know that I still love you
	It's just that I can't speak
	I looked for you in everyone
	And they called me on that too
	I lived alone but I was only
	Coming back to you Ah they're shutting down the factory now
	Just when all the bills are due
	And the fields they're under lock and key
	Tho' the rain and the sun come through
	And springtime starts but then it stops
	In the name of something new
	And all the senses rise against this
	Coming back to you And they're handing down my sentence now
	And I know what I must do
	Another mile of silence while I'm
	Coming back to you There are many in your life
	And many still to be
	Since you are a shining light
	There's many that you'll see
	But I have to deal with envy
	When you choose the precious few
	Who've left their pride on the other side of
	Coming back to you Even in your arms I know
	I'll never get it right
	Even when you bend to give me
	Comfort in the night
	I've got to have your word on this
	Or none of it is true
	And all I've said was just instead of
	Coming back to you I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
	You were talking so brave and so sweet,
	Giving me head on the unmade bed,
	While the limousines wait in the street.
	Those were the reasons and that was New York,
	We were running for the money and the flesh.
	And that was called love for the workers in song
	Probably still is for those of them left. Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,
	You just turned your back on the crowd,
	You got away, I never once heard you say,
	I need you, I don't need you,
	I need you, I don't need you
	And all of that jiving around. I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
	You were famous, your heart was a legend.
	You told me again you preferred handsome men
	But for me you would make an exception.
	And clenching your fist for the ones like us
	Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
	You fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
	We are ugly but we have the music." And then you got away, didn't you babe
	I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
	I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
	I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
	That's all, I don't even think of you that often. 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 I wish there was a treaty we could sign
	I do not care who takes this bloody hill
	I'm angry and I'm tired all the time
	I wish there was a treaty
	I wish there was a treaty
	Between your love and mine They're dancing in the street, it's Jubilee
	We sold ourselves for love but now we're free
	I'm sorry for the ghost I made you be
	Only one of us was real and that was me I haven't said a word since you've been gone
	That any liar couldn't say as well
	I just can't believe the static coming on
	You were my ground, my safe and sound
	You were my aerial The fields are crying out, it's Jubilee
	We sold ourselves for love but now we're free
	I'm sorry for the ghost I made you be
	Only one of us was real and that was me I heard the snake was baffled by his sin
	He shed his scales to find the snake within
	But born again is born without a skin
	The poison enters into everything And I wish there was a treaty we could sign
	I do not care who takes this bloody hill
	I'm angry and I'm tired all the time
	I wish there was a treaty
	I wish there was a treaty
	Between your love and mine I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz
	When an old friend I happened to see
	I introduced him/her to my loved one and while they were dancin'
	My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
	Now I know just how much I have lost
	Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing
	The beautiful Tennessee Waltz I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz
	When an old friend I happened to see
	I introduced him/her to my loved one and while they were dancin'
	My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
	Now I know just how much I have lost
	Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing
	The beautiful Tennessee Waltz Wasn't hard to love you
	Didn't have to try
	Wasn't hard to love you
	Didn't have to try
	Held you for a little while
	My Oh My Oh My Drove you to the station
	Never asked you why
	Drove you to the station
	Never asked you why
	Held you for a little while
	My Oh My Oh My All the boys are waving
	Trying to catch your eye
	All the boys are waving
	Trying to catch your eye
	Held you for a little while
	My Oh My Oh My Wasn't hard to love you
	Didn't have to try
	Wasn't hard to love you
	Didn't have to try
	Held you for a little while
	My Oh My Oh My I tried to leave you, I don't deny
	I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times
	I'd wake up every morning by your side The years go by, you lose your pride
	The baby's crying, so you do not go outside
	And all your work it's right before your eyes Goodnight, my darling, I hope you're satisfied
	The bed is kind of narrow, but my arms are open wide
	And here's a man still working for your smile 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
	If I didn't have your love
	To make it real If the stars were all unpinned
	And a cold and bitter wind
	Swallowed up the world
	Without a trace
	Oh well that's where I would be
	What my life would seem to me
	If I couldn't lift the veil
	And see your face And if no leaves were on the tree
	And no water in the sea
	And the break of day
	Had nothing to reveal
	That's how broken I would be
	What my life would seem to me
	If I didn't have your love
	To make it real If the sun would lose its light
	And we lived an endless night
	And there was nothing left
	That you could feel
	If the sea were sand alone
	And the flowers made of stone
	And no one that you hurt
	Could ever heal
	Well that's how broken I would be
	What my life would seem to me
	If I didn't have your love
	To make it real 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 He said, "I've had a vision
	And you know I'm strong and holy
	I must do what I've been told"
	So he started up the mountain
	I was running, he was walking
	And his axe was made of gold Well, the trees they got much smaller
	The lake, a lady's mirror
	We stopped to drink some wine
	Then he threw the bottle over
	Broke a minute later
	And he put his hand on mine Thought I saw an eagle
	But it might have been a vulture
	I never could decide
	Then my father built an altar
	He looked once behind his shoulder
	He knew I would not hide You who build these altars now
	To sacrifice these children
	You must not do it anymore
	A scheme is not a vision
	And you never have been tempted
	By a demon or a God You who stand above them now
	Your hatchets blunt and bloody
	You were not there before
	When I lay upon a mountain
	And my father's hand was trembling
	With the beauty of the word And if you call me brother now
	Forgive me if I inquire
	"Just according to whose plan?"
	When it all comes down to dust
	I will kill you if I must
	I will help you if I can When it all comes down to dust
	I will help you if I must
	I will kill you if I can
	And mercy on our uniform
	Man of peace or man of war
	The peacock spreads his fan 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
	Somebody who
	Has given up
	On the me and you
	I'm not alone
	I've met a few
	Traveling light like
	We used to do Goodnight goodnight
	My fallen star
	I guess you're right
	You always are I know you're right
	About the blues
	You live some life
	You'd never choose I'm just a fool
	A dreamer who
	Forgot to dream
	Of the me and you
	I'm not alone
	I've met a few
	Traveling light like
	We used to do 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
	Somebody who
	Has given up
	On the me and you
	I'm not alone
	I've met a few
	Traveling light like
	We used to do But if the road
	Leads back to you
	Must I forget
	The things I knew
	When I was friends
	With one or two
	Traveling light like
	We used to do
	I'm traveling light Frankie Lane, he was singing Jezebel
	I pinned an Iron Cross to my lapel
	I walked up to the tallest and the blondest girl
	I said, Look, you don't know me now but very soon you will
	So won't you let me see
	I said "won't you let me see"
	I said "won't you let me see
	Your naked body?" Just dance me to the dark side of the gym
	Chances are I'll let you do most anything
	I know you're hungry, I can hear it in your voice
	And there are many parts of me to touch, you have your choice
	Ah but no you cannot see
	She said "no you cannot see"
	She said "no you cannot see
	My naked body" So We're dancing close, the band is playing Stardust
	Balloons and paper streamers floating down on us
	She says, You've got a minute left to fall in love
	In solemn moments such as this I have put my trust
	And all my faith to see
	I said all my faith to see
	I said all my faith to see
	Her naked body [Dedicated to Irving Layton] 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 rest.
	Though the night was made for loving,
	And the day returns too soon,
	Yet we'll go no more a-roving
	By the light of the moon. By the rivers dark
	I wandered on.
	I lived my life
	In Babylon. And I did forget
	My holy song
	And I had no strength
	In Babylon. By the rivers dark
	Where I could not see
	Who was waiting there
	Who was hunting me. And he cut my lip
	And he cut my heart.
	So I could not drink
	From the river dark. And he covered me,
	And I saw within,
	My lawless heart
	And my wedding ring, I did not know
	And I could not see
	Who was waiting there,
	Who was hunting me. By the rivers dark
	I panicked on.
	I belonged at last
	To Babylon. Then he struck my heart
	With a deadly force,
	And he said, Ã¢??This heart
	It is not yours.' And he gave the wind
	My wedding ring
	And he circled us
	With everything. By the rivers dark,
	In a wounded dawn,
	I live my life
	In Babylon. Though I take my song
	From a withered limb,
	Both song and tree,
	They sing for him. Be the truth unsaid
	And the blessing gone,
	If I forget
	My Babylon. I did not know
	And I could not see
	Who was waiting there,
	Who was hunting me. By the rivers dark,
	Where it all goes on
	By the rivers dark
	In Babylon. 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
	When I was a soldier,
	And I fought every man for her
	Until the nights grew colder. She used to wear her hair like you
	Except when she was sleeping,
	And then she'd weave it on a loom
	Of smoke and gold and breathing. And why are you so quiet now
	Standing there in the doorway?
	You chose your journey long before
	You came upon this highway. Traveling lady stay awhile
	Until the night is over.
	I'm just a station on your way,
	I know I'm not your lover. 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
	That rise above the rot
	Year by year
	Month by month
	Day by day
	Thought by thought Steer your heart past the truth
	You believed in yesterday
	Such as fundamental goodness
	And the wisdom of the way
	Steer your heart, precious heart
	Past the women whom you bought
	Year by year
	Month by month
	Day by day
	Thought by thought Steer your path through the pain
	That is far more real than you
	That smashed the cosmic model
	That blinded every view
	And please don't make me go there
	Tho' there be a god or not
	Year by year
	Month by month
	Day by day
	Thought by thought They whisper still, the ancient stones
	The blunted mountains weep
	As he died to make men holy
	Let us die to make things cheap
	And say the Mea Culpa which you've probably forgot
	Year by year
	Month by month
	Day by day
	Thought by thought Steer your way, o my heart
	Tho' I have no right to ask
	To the one who was never
	Never equal to the task
	Who knows he's been convicted
	Who knows he will be shot
	Year by year
	Month by month
	Day by day
	Thought by thought They whisper still, the ancient stones
	The blunted mountains weep
	As he died to make men holy
	Let us die to make things cheap
	And say the Mea Culpa which you gradually forgot
	Year by year
	Month by month
	Day by day
	Thought by thought I stumbled out of bed
	I got ready for the struggle
	I smoked a cigarette
	And I tightened up my gut
	I said this can't be me
	Must be my double
	And I can't forget, I can't forget
	I can't forget but I don't remember what
	I'm burning up the road
	I'm heading down to Phoenix
	I got this old address
	Of someone that I knew
	It was high and fine and free
	Ah, you should have seen us
	And I can't forget, I can't forget
	I can't forget but I don't remember who I'll be there today
	With a big bouquet of cactus
	I got this rig that runs on memories
	And I promise, cross my heart,
	They'll never catch us
	But if they do, just tell them it was me Yeah I loved you all my life
	And that's how I want to end it
	The summer's almost gone
	The winter's tuning up
	Yeah, the summer's gone
	But a lot goes on forever
	And I can't forget, I can't forget
	I can't forget but I don't remember what I had to go crazy to love you
	Had to go down to the pit
	Had to do time in the tower
	Beggin' my crazy to quit I had to go crazy to love you
	You who were never the one
	Whom I chased through the souvenir heartache
	Her braids and her blouse all undone Sometimes I'd head for the highway
	I'm old and the mirrors don't lie
	But crazy has places to hide in
	That are deeper than any goodbye Had to go crazy to love you
	Had to let everything fall
	Had to be people I hated
	Had to be no one at all I'm tired of choosing desire
	I've been saved by a blessed fatigue
	The gates of commitment unwired
	And nobody trying to leave Sometimes I'd head for the highway
	I'm old and the mirrors don't lie
	But crazy has places to hide in
	That are deeper than any goodbye I had to go crazy to love you
	You who were never the one
	Whom I chased through the souvenir heartache
	Her braids and her blouse all undone There is a war between the rich and poor,
	A war between the man and the woman.
	There is a war between the ones who say there is a war
	And the ones who say there isn't.
	Why don't you come on back to the war, that's right, get in it,
	Why don't you come on back to the war, it's just beginning. Well I live here with a woman and a child,
	The situation makes me kind of nervous.
	Yes, I rise up from her arms, she says "I guess you call this love"
	I call it service. Why don't you come on back to the war, don't be a tourist,
	Why don't you come on back to the war, before it hurts us,
	Why don't you come on back to the war, let's all get nervous. You cannot stand what I've become,
	You much prefer the gentleman I was before.
	I was so easy to defeat, I was so easy to control,
	I didn't even know there was a war. Why don't you come on back to the war, don't be embarrassed,
	Why don't you come on back to the war, you can still get married. There is a war between the rich and poor,
	A war between the man and the woman.
	There is a war between the left and right,
	A war between the black and white,
	A war between the odd and the even. Why don't you come on back to the war, pick up your tiny burden,
	Why don't you come on back to the war, let's all get even,
	Why don't you come on back to the war, can't you hear me speaking? Show me the place, where you want your slave to go
	Show me the place, I've forgotten I don't know
	Show me the place where my head is bend and low
	Show me the place, where you want your slave to go Show me the place, help me roll away the stone
	Show me the place, I can't move this thing alone
	Show me the place where the word became a man
	Show me the place where the suffering began The troubles came, I saved what I could save
	A shred of light, a particle away
	But there were chains so I hastened to the hay
	There were chains, so I loved you
	Like a spade Show me the place, where you want your slave to go
	Show me the place, I've forgotten I don't know
	Show me the place, where you want your slave to go The troubles came, I saved what I could save
	A shred of light, a particle away
	But there were chains so I hastened to the hay
	There were chains so I loved you like a slave Show me the place
	Show me the place
	Show me the place Show me the place, help me roll away the stone
	Show me the place, I can't move this thing alone
	Show me the place, where the word became a man
	Show me the place, where the suffering began 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
	If I knew your name You don't need a lawyer
	I'm not making a claim
	You don't need to surrender
	I'm not taking aim
	I don't need a lover, no, no, no
	The wretched beast is tame
	I don't need a lover
	So blow out the flame There's nobody missing
	There is no reward
	Little by little
	We're cutting the cord
	We're spending the treasure, oh no, no
	That love cannot afford
	I know you can feel it
	The sweetness restored I don't need a reason
	For what I became
	I've got these excuses
	They're tired and they're lame
	I don't need a pardon, no no, no no, no
	There's no one left to blame
	I'm leaving the table
	I'm out of the game
	I'm leaving the table
	I'm out of the game Sleep baby sleep
	The day's on the run
	The wind in the trees
	Is talking in tongues If your heart is torn
	I don't wonder why
	If the night is long
	Here's my lullaby
	Here's my lullaby Well the mouse ate the crumb
	Then the cat ate the crust
	Now they've fallen in love
	They're talking in tongues If your heart is torn
	I don't wonder why
	If the night is long
	Here's my lullaby
	Here's my lullaby Sleep baby sleep
	There's a morning to come
	The wind in the trees
	They're talking in tongues If your heart is torn
	I don't wonder why
	If the night is long
	Here's my lullaby
	Here's my lullaby 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,
	Well I am the one who loves
	Changing from nothing to one. Sometimes I need you naked,
	Sometimes I need you wild,
	I need you to carry my children in
	And I need you to kill a child.
	You know who I am If you should ever track me down
	I will surrender there
	And I will leave with you one broken man
	Whom I will teach you to repair.
	You know who I am 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 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
	Sounded like the truth
	But it's not the truth today I wonder what it was
	I wonder what it meant
	First he touched on love
	Then he touched on death Sounded like the truth
	Seemed the better way
	Sounded like the truth
	But it's not the truth today I better hold my tongue
	I better take my place
	Lift this glass of blood
	Try to say the grace Seemed the better way
	When first I heard him speak
	But now it's much too late
	To turn the other cheek Sounded like the truth
	Seemed the better way
	Sounded like the truth
	But it's not the truth today I better hold my tongue
	I better take my place
	Lift this glass of blood
	Try to say the grace I came so far for beauty
	I left so much behind
	My patience and my family
	My masterpiece unsigned I thought I'd be rewarded
	For such a lonely choice
	And surely she would answer
	To such a very hopeless voice I practiced all my sainthood
	I gave to one and all
	But the rumors of my virtue
	They moved her not at all I changed my style to silver
	I changed my clothed to black
	And where I would surrender
	Now I would attack I stormed the old casino
	For the money and the flesh
	And I myself decided
	What was rotten and what was fresh And men to do my bidding
	And broken bones to teach
	The value of my pardon
	The shadow of my reach But no, I could not touch her
	With such a heavy hand
	Her star beyond my order
	Her nakedness unmanned I came so far for beauty
	I left so much behind
	My patience and my family
	My masterpiece unsigned 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
	And no one knows why the wine is flowing
	Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh
	I need you now And those who dance, begin to dance
	Those who weep begin
	And "welcome, welcome" cries a voice
	"Let all my guests come in" And no one knows where the night is going
	And no one knows why the wine is flowing
	Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh
	I need you now And all go stumbling through that house
	In lonely secrecy
	Saying "do reveal yourself"
	Or "why has thou forsaken me?" And no one knows where the night is going
	And no one knows why the wine is flowing
	Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh
	I need you now All at once the torches flare
	The inner door flies open
	One by one they enter there
	In every style of passion And no one knows where the night is going
	And no one knows why the wine is flowing
	Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh
	I need you now And here they take their sweet repast
	While house and grounds dissolve
	And one by one the guests are cast beyond the garden wall And no one knows where the night is going
	And no one knows why the wine is flowing
	Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh
	I need you now Those who dance, begin to dance
	Those who weep begin
	Those who earnestly are lost
	Are lost and lost again And no one knows where the night is going
	And no one knows why the wine is flowing
	Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh
	I need you now One by the guests arrive
	The guests are coming through
	The broken-hearted many
	The open-hearted few And no one knows where the night is going
	And no one knows why the wine is flowing
	Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, oh
	I need you now