LEONARD COHEN - So Long, Marianne lyrics

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Come over to the window, my little darling,<br>I'd like to try to read you palm<br>I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy<br>Before I let you take me home.<br><br>Chorus: so long marianne, it's time that we began<br>To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again<br><br>Well, you know that I love to live with you,<br>But you make me forget so very much<br>I forget to pray for the angel<br>And then the angels forget to pray for us.<br><br>Chorus<br><br>We met when we were almost young<br>Deep in the green lilac park<br>You held on to me like I was a crucifix<br>As we went kneeling through the dark.<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Your letters say that you are beside me now<br>Then why do I feel alone? <br>I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web<br>Is fastening my ankle to a stone.<br><br>Chorus<br><br>For now I need your hidden love<br>I'm cold as a new razor blade<br>You left when I told you I was curious<br>I never said that I was brave.<br><br>Chorus<br><br>O you are really such a pretty one<br>I see you've gone and changed your name again<br>And just when I climbed this whole mountainside<br>To wash my eyelids in the rain.<br><br>Chorus