Of My

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 maybe you'll trust him

for he's touched your perfect body

with his mind
.

Life

now suzanne takes your hand

and she leads you to the river

she is wearing rags and feathers

from salvation army counters

and the sun pours down like honey

on our lady of the harbour

.

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 will lean that way forever

while suzanne holds the 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

.

Suzanne /// Once Upon A Time In America /// *

Leonard Cohen

Lady

i came by myself to a very crowded place

i was looking for someone who had lines in her face

i found her there but she was past all concern

i asked her to hold me, i said, "Lady, unfold me"

but she scorned me and she told me

i was dead and i could never return

.

well, i argued all night like so many have before

saying, "whatever you give me, i seem to need so much more"

then she pointed at me where i kneeled on her floor

she said, "don't try to use me or slyly refuse me

just win me or lose me, it is this that the darkness is for"

Midnight

i cried, "oh, lady midnight, i fear that you grow old

the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold"

"if we cry now," she said, "it will just be ignored"

so i walked through the morning

sweet early morning

.

i could hear my lady calling

you've won me, you've won me, my lord

yes, you've won me, you've won me, my lord

ah, you've won me

you've won me, my lord

Leonard Cohen /// *

The Heart Of

well you gassed her up

behind the wheel

with your arm around your sweet one

in your oldsmobile

barrelin' down the boulevard

you're looking for the heart of saturday night

and you got paid on friday

and your pockets are jinglin'

and you see the lights

you get all tinglin' cause you're cruisin' with a 6

and you're looking for the heart of saturday night

then you comb your hair

shave your face

tryin' to wipe out ev'ry trace

all the other days

in the week you know that this'll be the saturday

you're reachin' your peak

stoppin' on the red

you're goin' on the green

'cause tonight'll be like nothin'

you've ever seen

and you're barrelin' down the boulevard

lookin' for the heart of saturday night

tell me is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin?

telephone's ringin', it's your second cousin

is it the barmaid that's smilin' from the corner of her eye?

magic of the melancholy tear in your eye

Saturday Night

makes it kind of quiver down in the core

'cause you're dreamin' of them saturdays that came before

and now you're stumblin'

you're stumblin' onto the heart of saturday night

well you gassed her up

and you're behind the wheel

with your arm around your sweet one

in your Oldsmobile

barrellin' down the boulevard

you're lookin' for the heart of saturday night

is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin?

telephone's ringin', it's your second cousin

and the barmaid is smilin' from the corner of her eye

magic of the melancholy tear in your eye

makes it kind of special down in the core

and you're dreamin' of them saturdays that came before

it's found you stumblin'

stumblin' onto the heart of saturday night

and you're stumblin'

stumblin onto the heart of saturday night

Tom Waits /// Inventing The Abbotts /// *

One Of Us

i lit a thin green candle

to make you jealous of me

but the room just filled up with mosquitos

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 just have to quit

then he wrote himself a prescription

and your name was mentioned in it

then he locked himself in a library shelf

with the details about honeymoon

and i hear from the nurse

that he's gotten much worse

and his practice is all in a ruin

Cannot Be Wrong

i heard of a saint who had loved you

so 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 took 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

Leonard Cohen /// La Double Vie De Véronique /// *

No One Knows

hell above and heaven below

all the trees are gone

the rain made such a lovely sound

to those who are six feet under ground

the leaves will bury every year

and no one knows i’m gone

I'm Gone

live me golden tell me dark

hide from graveyard john

the moon is full here every night

and i can bathe here in his light

the leaves will bury every year

and no one knows i’m gone

Tom Waits /// Northanger Abbey /// *

You Know

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