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Hi,

Thank you Hartmut, anny and holydove for the responses. All good answers. holydove identified
the song I had in mind and included the applicable stanza. Similar to how the situation was for the
character in Dylan's "Mississippi," there's a stated time period in "The Traitor," going forward from
which things go badly. In "Mississippi" we hear: "Only one thing I did wrong / Stayed in Mississippi
a day too long." The guy in "The Traitor" got to his tipping point faster; it was but "a fatal moment"
for him.

There is at least one song which contains lyrics which refer to something that has been said to be a lifelong habit of Leonard Cohen's, which began in his adolescent years. Please name the song & lyrics.

It's a slow song, I suppose.

You say 'at least one song'. I can't think of a second one. Maybe someone else has an idea.

deleting double post. . .

holydove wrote:

Hartmut wrote:It's a slow song, I suppose.

You say 'at least one song'. I can't think of a second one. Maybe someone else has an idea.

Hi Hartmut,

I'm thinking of one particular song; I said "at least", in case someone else thinks of another song that refers to the particular habit I have in mind.

If you're referring to the song, "Slow", that's a fine answer, & one can say it alludes to a lifelong habitual style, but it's not the one I have in mind. The habit I'm thinking of has nothing to do (at least not directly) with romance, love-making, or music; but it was originally a nocturnal habit, & possibly still is, though it also seems possible that in Leonard's later years, it has become an early morning habit.

Hm ... intriguing.

something about L.C's mediatation in the early morning ? but no song or lyrics come to my mind or maybe Anthem ?

I just noticed that I accidentally submitted the same post twice (after a minor edit), & now discovered that one cannot delete a post once someone has replied, so I guess it will be there - twice - forever! Sorry about that!

Thank you, Annie. Good guess but no, the habit mentioned in the song I'm thinking of is not morning meditation.

It was mentioned in a biography that Leonard developed this habit some time after the death of his father, while he was still living in his childhood home; & I'm not 100% sure if his mother knew about it, but it's likely that she found out about it at some point, & I would imagine it probably worried her a bit.

Hi holydove,

Is the habit taking walks? "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" has these words:
"walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme."

Hi Rachel,
I’m not at all sure about this but a couple your last words "early morning" in one of your previous clues keep getting stuck in my mind and I also have an association with “morning” on Allan’s cohencentric site today, so karma being what it is

So I walked through the morning, sweet early morning
~ Lady Midnight

EDIT: You are right to say that you can't delete a post after someone has answered but you can alter it to read a couple of dots or a word if you want.

holydove wrote:I just noticed that I accidentally submitted the same post twice (after a minor edit), & now discovered that one cannot delete a post once someone has replied, so I guess it will be there - twice - forever! Sorry about that!

A similar thing happened to me today, because of a hickup in the forum software.

But no need to be sorry; there can never be too many posts of you ...

I had the same idea as Steven. Sylvie Simmons wrote something about nightly walks, I think.

Found it: He began 'going out late at night, two or three nights a week, wandering alone through the seedier streets of Montreal'.

And Hartmut, further to that maybe expressed this way:

I walk the streets ~ There For You

B4real wrote:And Hartmut, further to that maybe expressed this way:

I walk the streets ~ There For You

Yes, Bev, you're right!

'I walk the streets. Like I used to do.'