LEONARD COHEN - Democracy lyrics

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It's coming through a hole in the air<br>]from those nights in tiananmen square<br>It's coming from the feel<br>That it ain't exactly real<br>Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there<br>]from the wars against disorder<br>]from the sirens night and day<br>]from the fires of the homeless<br>]from the ashes of the gay<br>Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.<br><br>It's coming through a crack in the wall<br>On a visionary flood of alcohol<br>]from the staggering account<br>Of the sermon on the mount<br>Which I don't pretend to understand at all<br>It's coming from the silence<br>On the dock of the bay<br>]from the brave, the bold, the battered<br>Heart of chevrolet<br>Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.<br><br>It's coming from the sorrow on the street<br>The holy places where the races meet<br>]from the homicidal bitchin'<br>That goes down in every kitchen<br>To determine who will serve and who will eat<br>]from the wells of disappointment<br>Where the women kneel to pray<br>For the grace of God in the desert here<br>And the desert far away<br>Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.<br><br>Chorus<br>Sail on, sail on<br>O mighty ship of state!<br>To the shores of need<br>Past the reefs of greed<br>Through the squalls of hate<br>Sail on, sail on, sail on...<br><br>It's coming to america first<br>The cradle of the best and of the worst<br>It's here they got the range<br>And the machinery for change<br>And it's here they got the spiritual thirst<br>It's here the family's broken<br>And it's here the lonely say<br>That the heart has got to open<br>In a fundamental way<br>Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.<br><br>It's coming from the women and the men<br>O baby, we'll be making love again<br>We'll be going down so deep<br>That the river's going to weep<br>And the mountain's going to shout amen!<br>It's coming like the tidal flood<br>Beneath the lunar sway<br>Imperial, mysterious<br>In amorous array<br>Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.<br><br>Chorus<br><br>I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean<br>I love the country but I can't stand the scene<br>And I'm neither left or right<br>I'm just staying home tonight<br>Getting lost in that hopeless little screen<br>But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags<br>That time cannot decay<br>I'm junk but I'm still holding up<br>This little wild bouquet<br>Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.