Closing Time
By
Leonard Cohen
Album
The Future
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♪ Ah we're drinking and we're
dancing ♪
♪ And the band is really
happening ♪
♪ And the Johnny Walker wisdom
running high ♪
♪ And my very sweet companion
She's the Angel of Compassion ♪
♪ She's rubbing half the world
against her thigh ♪
♪ And every drinker every dancer
Lifts a happy face to thank her♪
♪ The fiddler fiddles something
so sublime ♪
♪ All the women tear their
blouses off ♪
♪ And the men they dance on the
polka-dots ♪
♪ And it's partner found, it's
partner lost ♪
♪ And it's hell to pay when the
fiddler stops ♪
♪ It's closing time ♪
♪ Yeah the women tear their
blouses off ♪
♪ And the men they dance on the
polka-dots ♪
♪ And it's partner found, it's
partner lost ♪
♪ And it's hell to pay when the
fiddler stops ♪
♪ It's closing time ♪
♪ Ah we're lonely, we're
romantic and the cider's laced
with acid ♪
♪ And the Holy Spirit's crying,
"Where's the beef?" ♪
♪ And the moon is swimming naked
And the summer night is
fragrant ♪
♪ With a mighty expectation of
relief ♪
♪ So we struggle and we stagger
Down the snakes and up the
ladder ♪
♪ To the tower where the blessed
hours chime ♪
♪ And I swear it happened just
like this, a sigh, a cry, a
hungry kiss ♪
♪ The Gates of Love they budged
an inch ♪
♪ I can't say much has happened
since ♪
♪ But closing time ♪
♪ And I swear it happened just
like this, a sigh, a cry, a
hungry kiss ♪
♪ The Gates of Love they budged
an inch ♪
♪ I can't say much has happened
since ♪
♪ But Closing time, closing
time ♪
♪ I loved you for your beauty ♪
♪ But that doesn't make a fool
of me ♪
♪ You were in it for your beauty
too ♪
♪ And I loved you for your body♪
♪ There's a voice that sounds
like God to me ♪
♪ Declaring, declaring,
declaring that your body's
really you ♪
♪ And I loved you when our love
was blessed ♪
♪ And I love you now there's
nothing left ♪
♪ But sorrow and a sense of
overtime ♪
♪ And I missed you since the
place got wrecked ♪
♪ And I just don't care what
happens next ♪
♪ Looks like freedom but it
feels like death ♪
♪ It's something in between, I
guess ♪
♪ It's closing time ♪
♪ Yeah I missed you since our
place got wrecked ♪
♪ By the winds of change and the
weeds of sex ♪
♪ Looks like freedom but it
feels like death ♪
♪ It's something in between, I
guess ♪
♪ It's closing time ♪
♪ Yeah we're drinking and we're
dancing ♪
♪ But there's nothing really
happening ♪
♪ And the place is dead as
Heaven on a Saturday night ♪
♪ And my very close companion
Gets me fumbling gets me
laughing ♪
♪ She's a hundred but she's
wearing something tight ♪
♪ And I lift my glass to the
awful truth ♪
♪ Which you can't reveal to the
ears of youth ♪
♪ Except to say it isn't worth a
dime ♪
♪ And the whole damn place goes
crazy twice ♪
♪ And it's once for the devil
and it's once for Christ ♪
♪ But the boss don't like these
dizzy heights ♪
♪ We're busted in the blinding
lights ♪
♪ Of closing time ♪
♪ The whole damn place goes
crazy twice ♪
♪ And it's once for the devil
and it's once for Christ ♪
♪ But the boss don't like these
dizzy heights ♪
♪ We're busted in the blinding
lights ♪
♪ Busted in the blinding lights
Of closing time ♪
♪ Closing time ♪
♪ Oh the women tear their
blouses off ♪
♪ And the men they dance on the
polka-dots ♪
♪ It's closing time ♪
♪ And it's partner found, it's
partner lost ♪
♪ And it's hell to pay when the
fiddler stops ♪
♪ It's closing time ♪
♪ I swear it happened just like
this, a sigh, a cry, a hungry
kiss ♪
♪ It's closing time ♪
♪ The Gates of Love they budged
an inch ♪
♪ I can't say much has happened
since ♪
♪ But closing time ♪
♪ I loved you when our love was
blessed ♪
♪ I love you now there's nothing
left ♪
♪ But closing time ♪
♪ I miss you since the place got
wrecked ♪
♪ By the winds of change and the
weeds of sex ♪
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