Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
Hello, I'm a closet songwriter and wrote this song about a month ago when I was feeling very blue and uninspired. I post my songs on a couple of internet forums and one of the gentlemen on the forum assisted me in beefing-up the production a bit on this. I've received quite a bit of feedback on it (mostly positive) and thought I would place it on the Leonard forum for you to enjoy and comment on, if you like.
Looking for Leonard Cohen
by Wendy DuMond
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9112029
I'm looking for Leonard Cohen
Leonard, where have you been?
My whistle, it keeps blowing
and my train wreck is just round the bend
I'm looking for your answers
won't you show me what to do
I wonder if it matters
Leonard, am I getting through?
Won't you shine your light
through the crack in my night
won't you heal me with your song
Won't you come to my tomb
Dance me into your room
And direct me to where I belong?
I'm looking for your torch out there
burning somewhere in the rain
you tell me there's some beauty there
in the middle of all of the pain
You say all have sinned
And we're sinning again
And we've all fallen short of the mark
And we're telling our lies
And we wear our disguise
Could we all be lost to the dark?
But I'm looking for you poet
Won't you show me what you know?
I'm doomed here and you know it
And Leonard where did you go?
Leonard where did you go? x 3
Looking for Leonard Cohen
by Wendy DuMond
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9112029
I'm looking for Leonard Cohen
Leonard, where have you been?
My whistle, it keeps blowing
and my train wreck is just round the bend
I'm looking for your answers
won't you show me what to do
I wonder if it matters
Leonard, am I getting through?
Won't you shine your light
through the crack in my night
won't you heal me with your song
Won't you come to my tomb
Dance me into your room
And direct me to where I belong?
I'm looking for your torch out there
burning somewhere in the rain
you tell me there's some beauty there
in the middle of all of the pain
You say all have sinned
And we're sinning again
And we've all fallen short of the mark
And we're telling our lies
And we wear our disguise
Could we all be lost to the dark?
But I'm looking for you poet
Won't you show me what you know?
I'm doomed here and you know it
And Leonard where did you go?
Leonard where did you go? x 3
Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
Sorry..discovered that the link was not working. I just fixed it and it's working for me.
Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
i liked it very much. text, melody, voice, instrumentation and atmosphere. thank you. wish it had been a little bit longer than three minutes and twelve seconds, though - but time always goes too quickly when one is receiving pleasure.
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Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
Really enjoyed - especially your voice.
Thanks for sharing it
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Thanks for sharing it
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Weybridge MBW 11th July 2009
'All I know - and you must listen very carefully to this... All I know - is that I know absolutely nothing' - Frank
'Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?' - Christopher Marlowe
Much misunderstood... was the 'Hippie' with a reality fixation...
'All I know - and you must listen very carefully to this... All I know - is that I know absolutely nothing' - Frank
'Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?' - Christopher Marlowe
Much misunderstood... was the 'Hippie' with a reality fixation...
Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
Excellent!
Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
Thank you for sharing this Wendy, you have a beautiful voice.
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Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
Aw, this is just LOVELY. Thanks Wendy! I feel it, lady. Grand work
"It's coming like the tidal flood beneath the lunar sway;
imperial, mysterious, in amorous array..."
imperial, mysterious, in amorous array..."
Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
Wendy, as you have written:
Gracious voice, charmed by song.there's some beauty there
Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
Thank you very much for listening. I think the lyric might need a tweak or two, but I've received such a great response to this song, I'm considering entering it into a few contests. It most likely wouldn't win or place, but it was a labor of love.
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Wendy, loved the song and your voice. I think a lot of us have had similar sentiments but not quite the ability to express them as well and as lovely as you have.
Marsha
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Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
I just came across this song again after 9 years and as the above link is not working I thought those who hadn't heard it before might like a listen. It has a certain feeling to it and it's a change to hear an original song and not a cover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyqlySS530U
Geoffrey, the above link is longer at 4mins 30secs.
It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to B4real ~ me
Attitude is a self-fulfilling prophecy ~ me ...... The magic of art is the truth of its lies ~ me ...... Only left-handers are in their right mind!
Attitude is a self-fulfilling prophecy ~ me ...... The magic of art is the truth of its lies ~ me ...... Only left-handers are in their right mind!
Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
Thanks for posting that
Everything being said to you is true; Imagine of what it is true.
Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
the internet signal here is not strong enough to play youtube videos, b4real. may be back home sometime next week, and will see it then. thank you for thinking of me. it's impossible to post any pictures, but lahcen is so kind, and his 90 years old father is staying with us - a wonderful gentleman called ibrahim, so alert, the energy of a teenager. today we walked the length of karl johans gata, all the way to the palace. i log in here and read what is happening, but writing myself is not at all easy. takes ages. bye for now xxx
Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
B4real wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:15 am I just came across this song again after 9 years and as the above link is not working I thought those who hadn't heard it before might like a listen. It has a certain feeling to it and it's a change to hear an original song and not a cover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyqlySS530U
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Hi Bev,
When I clicked on your link, it said that it the video is "private", and it wouldn't let me see it. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Lisa
Re: Looking for Leonard Cohen (Song)
HI Lisa, that's a shame because it was pretty much as everyone has described it.
Seems it's status was changed after lazariuk (my pleasure to help) viewed it.
I had another look today and it's back online with a different link -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjwOk_MHVsQ
It's working now at the time I've posted it.
Seems it's status was changed after lazariuk (my pleasure to help) viewed it.
I had another look today and it's back online with a different link -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjwOk_MHVsQ
It's working now at the time I've posted it.
It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to B4real ~ me
Attitude is a self-fulfilling prophecy ~ me ...... The magic of art is the truth of its lies ~ me ...... Only left-handers are in their right mind!
Attitude is a self-fulfilling prophecy ~ me ...... The magic of art is the truth of its lies ~ me ...... Only left-handers are in their right mind!