Famous Blue Raincoat — Leonard Cohen

It's four in the morning, the end of December
   I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
   New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
   There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now. I hope you're keeping some kind of record

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
   She said that you gave it to her
   That night that you planned to go clear
   Did you ever go clear?

Oh, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
   Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
   You'd been to the station to meet every train
   But then you came home without Lili Marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife

I see you there with the rose in your teeth
   One more thin gypsy thief
   Well I see Jane's awake
   She sends her regard

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer?
   What can I possibly say?
   I guess that I miss you. I guess I forgive you
   I'm glad you stood in my way

If you ever come by here
   For Jane or for me
   Well, your enemy is sleeping
   And his woman is free

Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear

Sincerely, L. Cohen

Famous Blue Raincoat

(1971)

Fotografija - photo: New York 1970 (USA)

"Poetry is just the evidence of life.
If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash."

Leonard Cohen

"Poezija je samo trag zivota.
Plamti li tvoj zivot, poezija je samo pepeo plamteceg zara."

Leonard Cohen

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Leonard Cohen

(1934 - 2016)