Blind Anabaptist Blues - Hallelujah (by Leonard Cohen)

Blind Anabaptist Blues perform Hallelujah (by Leonard Cohen. Live at the Morseland, July 2008, Chicago, IL. Leonard Cohen is widely held as one of his generations greatest songwriters, and many consider Hallelujah to be among his most emotionally powerful songs. --

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They say there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah (x4)

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Baby I've been here before
I've seen these walls, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
I remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
And all I ever learned of love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya.
It's not a cry you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
it's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

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[chicagorocks07]

Fantastic song! This is one of my favorite Blind Anabaptist Blues covers!