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anoldsmoothie · 12-24-2011, 02:23 PM

I only wish I had hooked on to this guy when I was younger. I'm thinking he was crowded-out by Dylan in the USA. I find his lyrics much more poetic than Dylan and certainly more mature.

He strikes a raw chord with lyrics like:

"Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone"

Then there's So Long, Marianne (kinda appropriate for what's going on around here, eh?):

Leonard Cohen - So long, Marianne [Studio Version] - YouTube

"I see you've gone and changed your name again"

Cohen refers to himself as a poet/songster, so you really got to see the lyrics as well as catch his simple folkie renditions. He sure knows how to use refrains:

So Long Marianne lyrics
Songwriters: Leonard Cohen

Won't you come over to the window, my little darling?
I'd like to try to read your palm
You know I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy
Before I let you take me home

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
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry
And laugh about it all again

Now we met when was it? We were almost young
We stand by the green lilac park
You held on to me like I was a crucifix
As we went kneeling through the dark

So long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry
And laugh about it all again

Oh 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 razor blade
You left when I told you I was curious
Did I ever say that I was brave?

So long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry, cry
And laugh about it all again

Oh, you are really such a pretty woman
I see you've gone and changed your names again
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside
To wash my eyelids in the rain
So long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry and cry
And laugh about it all again

So long, Marianne, it's time that we began
To laugh and cry, cry
Laugh about it all again

12-24-2011, 02:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
anoldsmoothie Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 41	Cohen vs Dylan I only wish I had hooked on to this guy when I was younger. I'm thinking he was crowded-out by Dylan in the USA. I find his lyrics much more poetic than Dylan and certainly more mature. He strikes a raw chord with lyrics like: "Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone" Then there's So Long, Marianne (kinda appropriate for what's going on around here, eh?): Leonard Cohen - So long, Marianne [Studio Version] - YouTube "I see you've gone and changed your name again" Cohen refers to himself as a poet/songster, so you really got to see the lyrics as well as catch his simple folkie renditions. He sure knows how to use refrains: So Long Marianne lyrics Songwriters: Leonard Cohen Won't you come over to the window, my little darling? I'd like to try to read your palm You know I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy Before I let you take me home 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 So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry and cry And laugh about it all again Now we met when was it? We were almost young We stand by the green lilac park You held on to me like I was a crucifix As we went kneeling through the dark So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry and cry And laugh about it all again Oh 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 razor blade You left when I told you I was curious Did I ever say that I was brave? So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry, cry And laugh about it all again Oh, you are really such a pretty woman I see you've gone and changed your names again And just when I climbed this whole mountainside To wash my eyelids in the rain So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry and cry And laugh about it all again So long, Marianne, it's time that we began To laugh and cry, cry Laugh about it all again Last edited by anoldsmoothie; 12-24-2011 at 02:33 PM.