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SONGTITLES - EIGHTY REASONS TO BE A LEONARD COHEN FAN

THE CAPTAIN is back on BOOGIE STREET
NEVER ANY GOOD as LAST YEARS MAN
LOVE ITSELF says HALLELUJAH
To THE LOST CANADIAN

IMPROVISATION in THE LAND OF PLENTY
With some STORIES OF THE STREET
An AVALANCHE of THE GUESTS arrive
To make THE SMOKEY LIFE complete

HEAR IT IS .. THE LETTER of DEMOCRACY
From that FAMOUS RAINCOAT of BLUE
We are waiting for THE MIRACLE
While you are PASSING THROUGH

IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED
To be HUMBLED IN LOVE ...ALWAYS
And keep our hearts LIGHT AS A BREEZE
From those STORY OF ISSAC days

When LOVE CALLS YOU BY YOUR NAME
Don't worry TONIGHT WILL BE FINE
You can sing the BALLAD OF THE ABSENT MARE
Followed by DIAMONDS IN THE MINE

But FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN
Strumming DRESS REHEARSAL RAG
Because TRUE LOVE LEAVES NO TRACES
On the LADY MIDNIGHT tag

There's a BUNCH OF LONESOME HEROES
In the CHELSEA HOTEL BAR
Longing for THE GREAT EVENT
To make THE PARTISAN their star

YOU ARE THE LAW.. WHEN NIGHT COMES ON
With your WHO BY FIRE sigh
ONE OF US CANNOT BE WRONG
So please don't PASS ME BY

I know I TRIED TO LEAVE YOU
And of that I CAN'T FORGET
But I'M COMING BACK TO YOU my friend
Singing SONG OF BERNADETTE

I CAME SO FAR FOR BEAUTY
To hear THE GYPSY'S WIFE
While I LEFT A WOMAN WAITING
Alone IN MY SECRET LIFE

So WHY DON'T YOU TRY in THE TOWER OF SONG
To DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE
For I'M YOUR MAN .. IF IT BE YOUR WILL
To TAKE THIS WALTZ to the ANTHEMS dove

EVERYBODY KNOWS ...THERE IS A WAR
Sometimes A SINGER MUST DIE
But from A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP
Your BIRD ON THE WIRE will fly

So TAKE THIS LONGING from my tongue
For YOU KNOW WHO I AM
I'm the HEART WITH NO COMPANION
Singing SO LONG MARIANNE

This is not the death of a ladies man
THE FUTURE is THE MASTER SONG
And though it AIN'T NO CURE FOR LOVE
It's where your FINGERPRINTS belong

So LETS SING ANOTHER SONG BOYS
To make it BE FOR REAL
WHY DON'T YOU TRY .. THE OLD REVOLUTION
And the SISTERS OF MERCY deal

Then if JAZZ POLICE say CLOSING TIME
BY THE RIVERS DARK don't cry
We will sing SUZANNE for the MEMORIES
HEY ! THATS NO WAY TO SAY GOOD BYE

Hi liptrot,

This is just amazing...
It's one of those things you just want to pin on your wall .

Thank you for the moment,
Heike

I think a coat of paint might do the job -on your wall I mean.
Reading this, for me, raised the same question as women in supermarket queues not even begnning the search for their purses in cavernous handbags until the bill is presented - WHY?