So Long, MarianneSongs Of Leonard Cohen -- 1968
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
So long, Marianne
it's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh
about it all again
You know 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
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
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
For now I need your hidden love
I'm cold as a new razor blade
You left when I told you I was curious
I never said that I was brave
O 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
So long, Marianne
it's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh
about it all again
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