Night Comes On
By
Leonard Cohen
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♪ I went down to the place ♪
♪ Where I knew she lay waiting ♪
♪ Under the marble and the
snow ♪
♪ I said, "Mother I'm
frightened ♪
♪ The thunder and the
lightning ♪
♪ I'll never come through this
alone" ♪
♪ She said, "I'll be with you ♪
♪ My shawl wrapped around you ♪
♪ My hand on your head when you
go" ♪
♪ And the night came on ♪
♪ It was very calm ♪
♪ I wanted the night to go on
and on ♪
♪ But she said, "Go back, go
back to the world" ♪
♪ We were fightin' in Egypt ♪
♪ When they signed this
agreement ♪
♪ That nobody else had to die ♪
♪ There was this terrible
sound ♪
♪ My father went down ♪
♪ With a terrible wound in his
side ♪
♪ He said, "Try to go on ♪
♪ Take my books, take my gun ♪
♪ Remember, my son, how they
lied" ♪
♪ And the night comes on ♪
♪ It's very calm ♪
♪ I'd like to pretend that my
father was wrong ♪
♪ But you don't want to lie, not
to the young ♪
♪ We were locked in this
kitchen ♪
♪ I took to religion ♪
♪ And I wondered how long she
would stay ♪
♪ I needed so much ♪
♪ To have nothing to touch ♪
♪ I've always been greedy that
way ♪
♪ But my son and my daughter ♪
♪ Climbed out of the water ♪
♪ Crying, "Papa, you promised to
play" ♪
♪ And they lead me away ♪
♪ To the great surprise ♪
♪ It's "Papa, don't peek, Papa,
cover your eyes" ♪
♪ And they hide, they hide in
the world ♪
♪ Now I look for her always ♪
♪ I'm lost in this calling ♪
♪ I'm tied to the threads of
some prayer ♪
♪ Saying, "When will she summon
me ♪
♪ When will she come to me ♪
♪ What must I do to prepare" ♪
♪ When she bends to my longing ♪
♪ Like a willow, like a
fountain ♪
♪ She stands in the luminous
air ♪
♪ And the night comes on ♪
♪ It's very calm ♪
♪ I lie in her arms, she says,
"When I'm gone ♪
♪ I'll be yours, yours for a
song" ♪
♪ Now the crickets are singing ♪
♪ The vesper bells ringing ♪
♪ The cat's curled asleep in his
chair ♪
♪ I'll go down to Bill's Bar ♪
♪ I can make it that far ♪
♪ And I'll see if my friends are
still there ♪
♪ Yes, and here's to the few ♪
♪ Who forgive what you do ♪
♪ And the fewer who don't even
care ♪
♪ And the night comes on ♪
♪ It's very calm ♪
♪ I want to cross over, I want
to go home ♪
♪ But she says, "Go back, go
back to the world" ♪
