Who would you rather see in concert? Me, Leonard every time, without a shadow of doubt. If you want a dose of sex and religion, tears and laughter (and acrobatics by cute female backing singers!) go see Leonard while you've still got the chance. It'll be the best concert you will ever see. Trust me. Cohen's 2009 American concerts will sell out instantly. Presales are starting now.

This one's not bad:




I can´t make the hills
The system is shot
I´m living on pills
for which I thank G-d

There´s sun in the leaves
and birds in the tree.
Nobody believes
it´s written by Thee.

I used to be song
I used to be cock
but time is long gone
past my laughingstock

I bid you good-bye
There´s nothing to add
I´ve tried and I try
to stop going mad

I followed the course
from chaos to art
My dick was the horse
my life was the cart

I´m back at my desk
(the end of the line)
a bee in my breast
a snake in my spine

The silverware shines
that my mother left
to me when she died
fulfilled and bereft

My leash is too long
I think that I´m free
I´d leap at the young
but I´m sixty-three

I know what I want
It took many lives
I´m cured by the cunt
I´m killed by the eyes

The sorrows are real
as froth on the wave
as shit on the beach
the city´s disgrace

Who cares what I say
I´m not who I was
I´m paid what I pay
I´m always in love

The summer won´t come
´till I go to bed
The birds will return
when the dog is dead

You can´t say it right
when you touch yourself
But truth´s not advice
It is total health

The crap on my back
the piss in my face
but happy at last
in the Holy Place

You can´t go too deep
if you want to swim
where the mermaids weep
out of love for Him

I`m nothing but lust
I´m nothing but pain
I did these mistrust
but Never Again

I say what I want
for I am the Child
of G-d coming home
and His Wife gone wild

I don´t need a thing
I use what I have
a moth-eaten wing
a worm cut in half

With these I invoke
The Name to draw nigh
I´m clamped in a stock
to hold my head high

My animal howls
My angel´s upset
And deep in my bowels
the shit of regret

You can´t stop a man
from loving too much
I´m still licking stamps
from trying it once

My pen is too wet
My ink is too black
The Winner won´t get
his foot on the track

But the one like me
with light in her eye
is utterly free
to crawl or to fly

And she´ll know the path
I carved through the pain
my will cut in half
and Freedom between

I´ll meet her one day
when the time is right
for me to display
my flare in the night

for the space in space
to cough up the Word
that seals our Embrace
unharmed and unheard

And Mercy at last
for one doubled up
and tied to the mast
with the flags of love

And thank´s be to you
for helping me out
when Youth had no clue
what´s it all about

Your kindness is kind
your trueness is true
I pray that you´ll find
your Beloved, too

as I have found mine
where I´d never look:
in the threaded spine
of my Longing Book.

Los Angeles
March 22, 1998

Who would you rather see in concert? Me, Leonard every time, without a shadow of doubt. If you want a dose of sex and religion, tears and laughter (and acrobatics by cute female backing singers!) go see Leonard while you've still got the chance. It'll be the best concert you will ever see. Trust me. Cohen's 2009 American concerts will sell out instantly. Presales are starting now.

narcotizedmind said:

Are you on the right fan club? I'm a member of a lot of fan clubs and I have never heard this type of question posed before! What type of question is this?

I might go and see Leonard Cohen but to suggest I would go and see him over Prince is ridiculous...bit like your question.

OK OK...relax!....I do like some of Leonard Cohen's songs but it;s his singing that put's me off...Hallelujah and Waiting for a Miracle for example...I much prefer other people singing his songs to be honest...KD Lang's version of Hallelujah is amazing..now would I go and see KD Lang over Prince?

Perhap that should be my next post!!!

Just teasing you man!

Who the hell is Leonard Cohen? Even the name sucks.

Who the hell is Leonard Cohen? Even the name sucks.

Who the hell is Leonard Cohen? Even the name sucks.

I would rather see Prince in concert. No question about that.

Although, when it comes to song writing, Leonard wins that round.

Who would you rather see in concert? Me, Leonard every time, without a shadow of doubt. If you want a dose of sex and religion, tears and laughter (and acrobatics by cute female backing singers!) go see Leonard while you've still got the chance. It'll be the best concert you will ever see. Trust me. Cohen's 2009 American concerts will sell out instantly. Presales are starting now.

narcotizedmind said:

Did you see him at The Beacon Theater?

Who the hell is Leonard Cohen? Even the name sucks.

narcotizedmind said:

.....did your grandad or the NME ask you to right this sh*t....
Leonard bloody Cohen.....come on....

narcotizedmind said:

Are you on the right fan club? I'm a member of a lot of fan clubs and I have never heard this type of question posed before! What type of question is this?

I might go and see Leonard Cohen but to suggest I would go and see him over Prince is ridiculous...bit like your question.

Dayclear said:

You're kidding right ?

Dayclear said:

you've never even heard "suzanne"? everyone must have heard that one surely.
or "famous blue raincoat".

narcotizedmind said:

Did you see him at The Beacon Theater?