Ain't No Cure For Love - Leonard Cohen

 

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 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 climbin' 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 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 lyin' down with me, I see you wakin' 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 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 climbin' 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) (No cure for love) (There ain't no cure for love) (No cure for love, there ain't no cure for love)

Here It Is - Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson

Here is your crown
And your seal and rings;
And here is your love
For all things.

Here is your cart,
And your cardboard and piss;
And here is your love
For all of this.

May everyone live,
And may everyone die.
Hello, my love,
And my love, Goodbye.

Here is your wine,
And your drunken fall;
And here is your love.
Your love for it all.

Here is your sickness.
Your bed and your pan;
And here is your love
For the woman, the man.

May everyone live,
And may everyone die.
Hello, my love,
And, my love, Goodbye.

And here is the night,
The night has begun;
And here is your death
In the heart of your son.

And here is the dawn,
Until death do us part;
And here is your death,
In your daughter’s heart.

May everyone live,
And may everyone die.
Hello, my love,
And, my love, Goodbye.

And here you are hurried,
And here you are gone;
And here is the love,
That it’s all built upon.

Here is your cross,
Your nails and your hill;
And here is your love,
That lists where it will

May everyone live,
And may everyone die.
Hello, my love,
And my love, Goodbye.

Because of - Leonard Cohen

Because of a few songs

Wherein I spoke of their mystery

Women have been

Exceptionally kind to my old age

They make a secret place

In their busy lives

And they take me there

They become naked

In their different ways

And they say, "Look at me, Leonard

Look at me one last time"

Then they bend over the bed

And cover me up

Like a baby that is shivering

A thousand kisses deep - Leonard Cohen

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 . . .

Waiting for the miracle to come - Sophie Zelmani

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. 

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 judgements 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.

Slow - Leonard Cohen

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

  

A street - Leonard Cohen

I used to be your favorite drunk

Good for one more laugh

Then we both ran out of luck

Luck was all we ever had

You put on a uniform

To fight the Civil War

You looked so good I didn’t care

What side you’re fighting for

It wasn’t all that easy

When you up and walked away

But I’ll save that little story

For another rainy day

I know the burden’s heavy

As you wheel it through the night

Some people say it’s empty

But that don’t mean it’s light

You left me with the dishes

And a baby in the bath

You’re tight with the militias

You wear their camouflage

You always said we’re equal

So let me march with you

Just an extra in the sequel

To the old red white and blue

Baby don’t ignore me

We were smokers we were friends

Forget that tired story

Of betrayal and revenge

I see the Ghost of Culture

With numbers on his wrist

Salute some new conclusion

Which all of us have missed

I cried for you this morning

And I’ll cry for you again

But I’m not in charge of sorrow

So please don’t ask me when

There may be wine and roses

And magnums of champagne

But we’ll never no we’ll never

Ever be that drunk again

The party’s over

But I’ve landed on my feet

I’ll be standing on this corner

Where there used to be a street

Boogie Street - Leonard Cohen

O Crown of Light, O Darkened One,
I never thought we’d meet.
You kiss my lips, and then it’s done:
I’m back on Boogie Street.

A sip of wine, a cigarette,
And then it’s time to go.
I tidied up the kitchenette;
I tuned the old banjo.
I’m wanted at the traffic-jam.
They’re saving me a seat.
I’m what I am, and what I am,
Is back on Boogie Street.

And O my love, I still recall
The pleasures that we knew;
The rivers and the waterfall,
Wherein I bathed with you.
Bewildered by your beauty there,
I’d kneel to dry your feet.
By such instructions you prepare
A man for Boogie Street.

O Crown of Light, O Darkened One…

So come, my friends, be not afraid.
We are so lightly here.
It is in love that we are made;
In love we disappear.
Tho’ all the maps of blood and flesh
Are posted on the door,
There’s no one who has told us yet
What Boogie Street is for.

O Crown of Light, O Darkened One,
I never thought we’d meet.
You kiss my lips, and then it’s done:
I’m back on Boogie Street.

A sip of wine, a cigarette,
And then it’s time to go . . .

Different Sides - Leonard Cohen

We find ourselves on different sides
Of a line nobody drew
Though it all may be one in the higher eye
Down here where we live it is two

I to my side call the meek and the mild
You to your side call the Word
By virtue of suffering I claim to have won
You claim to have never been heard

Both of us say there are laws to obey
But frankly I don’t like your tone
You want to change the way I make love
I want to leave it alone

The pull of the moon, the thrust of the sun
And thus the ocean is crossed
The waters are blessed while a shadowy guest
Kindles a light for the lost

Both of us say there are laws to obey
But frankly I don’t like your tone
You want to change the way I make love
I want to leave it alone

Down in the valley the famine goes on
The famine up on the hill
I say that you shouldn’t, you couldn’t, you can’t
You say that you must and you will

Both of us say there are laws to obey
But frankly I don’t like your tone
You want to change the way I make love
I want to leave it alone

You want to live where the suffering is
I want to get out of town
C’mon baby give me a kiss
Stop writing everything down

Both of us say there are laws to obey
Yeah, but frankly I don’t like your tone
You want to change the way I make love
I want to leave it alone

Both of us say there are laws to obey
But frankly I don’t like your tone
You want to change the way I make love
I want to leave it alone

Dance me to the end of love - Leonard Cohen

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin 

Dance me through the panic 'til 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