There was a time I would have played
Leonard Cohen till break of day.
Famous Blue Raincoat fifty times
to trouble more my troubled mind.
A voice so mournful it confides:
I have been with you to the dark side.
We are both prisoners on the dark side.
Furthermore, I hear him say,
tomorrow won’t be a better day.
It may not be a better day.
I pour the wine a little after late,
reach for Songs of Love and Hate.
Sincerely, E.B.
First posted May 14, 2014.
I still listen to Leonard Cohen to motivate me to write. I like the old songs more than the new. Good poetry for the Poet of music.
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Many thanks for your comment, I agree about the early ones being the best. There are times in life, like tonight, when I can listen to nothing else – a true poet.
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Reblogged this on Another Way of Saying and commented:
Famous Blue Raincoat – over and over….
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The list of Cohen songs I could listen to fifty time, or already have, is worrisome.
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He is a true poet and his songs are a place you can go when there is nowhere else to go. Unique, a complete original. Thanks for your comment.
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