Teachers Lyrics by Leonard Cohen [Verse 1] I met a woman long ago Her hair the black that black can go Are you a teacher of...
Presuming this song to be inspired, at least in part, by Leonard Cohen’s 1961 Havana Adventure, Cohen’s contextualization of the trip to Mark Rowland in Musician...
On the 2009 Greatest Hits compilation textbook, Leonard wrote: This song arises from an over-used bed in the Penn Terminal Hotel in 1966. The room is...
Marianne is Marianne Ihlen, ex-wife of the Norwegian author Axel Jensen, who was a friend of Leonard. Leonard lived with Marianne in Greece together, in the...
Loosely based on the 1955 film The Man with the Golden Arm, The Stranger Song explores the problem of commitment between a man and a woman...
Can’t describe it better than Leonard Cohen: That’s the only song I wrote in one sitting. The melody I had worked on for some time. I...
Master Song Lyrics by Leonard Cohe [Verse 1] I believe that you heard your master sing When I was sick in bed I suppose that he...
Suzanne is the first track on Leonard Cohen’s 1967 debut album: Songs of Leonard Cohen. It was first published as a poem in Cohen’s 1966 collection...
Read all Songs of Leonard Cohen Album lyrics by Leonard Cohen below Suzanne Lyrics Master Song Lyrics Winter Lady Lyrics The Stranger Song Lyrics Sisters of...
Nothing to One (You Know Who I Am) Lyrics by Leonard Cohen I cannot follow you, my love You cannot follow me I am the distance...
Like a Bird (Bird on the Wire) Lyrics by Leonard Cohen Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have...
One of the more straightforward songs in Cohen’s oeuvre, the unadorned lyrics speak to a sad and ascetic existence, sweetened by the night’s coming together. It...
You Know Who I Am Lyrics by Leonard Cohen [Verse 1] I cannot follow you, my love You cannot follow me I am the distance you...
The Butcher Lyrics by Leonard Cohen [Verse 1] I came upon a butcher, he was slaughtering a lamb I accused him there with his tortured lamb...
The Old Revolution Lyrics by Leonard Cohen [Verse 1] I finally broke into the prison I found my place in the chain Even damnation is poisoned...
Nancy (1943 — 1965) was an acquaintance of Leonard Cohen from when he grew up in Montreal. She was suffering from bipolar depression, and committed suicide...
The Partisan Lyrics by Leonard Cohen [Verse 1] When they poured across the border I was cautioned to surrender This I could not do I took...
A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes Lyrics by Leonard Cohen [Verse 1] A bunch of lonesome and very quarrelsome heroes Were smoking out along the open road...
According to Leonard Cohen himself: “This is a song called The Story of Issac, and it’s about those who would sacrifice one generation on behalf of...
This is the opening song to 1969’s Songs from a Room. It’s a kind of Cohen’s own “My Way.” Country musician Kris Kristofferson has stated he...
Read all Songs from a Room Album Lyrics by Leonard Cohen Below Bird on the Wire Lyrics Story of Isaac Lyrics A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes...
Queen Victoria Lyrics by Leonard Cohen Queen Victoria My father and all his tobacco loved you I love you too in all your forms The slim...
Please Don’t Pass Me By (A Disgrace) Lyrics by Leonard Cohen I was walking in New York City and I brushed up against the man in...
Story of Isaac (Live in Berlin) Lyrics by Leonard Cohen This is a song called “Story of Isaac” and it’s about those who would sacrifice one...
Nancy Lyrics by Leonard Cohen The morning had not come Nancy was alone Looking ate the Late Late show Through a semi-precious stone In the House...
Bird on a Wire (Live in Paris) Lyrics by Leonard Cohen Comme l’oiseau sur la branche Comme l’ivrogne dans le choeur de la nuit J’ai cherche...
You Know Who I Am (Live in Brussels) Lyrics by Leonard Cohen I cannot follow you, my love You cannot follow me I am the distance...
A 1948 song by Dick Blakeslee covered live by Cohen who continued to play the piece at least into the 1980s. In the 1979 book “The...
Minute Prologue Lyrics by Leonard Cohen I’ve been listening to all the dissension I’ve been listening to all the pain And I feel that no matter...
Full Leonard Cohen Live Songs Album Lyrics & Tracklist Leonard Cohen used to suffer from stage fright – his biography Various Positions recalls he left the...