Leonard Cohen's "Show me the place" by a sad old man

'Songs from the Night' offers an exclusive version of Leonard Cohen's "Show me the Place"

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[BushWomanOtter]

Deeplu touching in your voice...

[Geoffrey Wren]

thank you, bushwomanotter :-)

[sweetgypsywife]

This is the first time i have heard this song...I was waiting for some sort of right or ' special' time when I felt relaxed and at peace to take in a new song from Leonard. Listening to your music for the last hour or so has brought me to the place where I was ready...and you sang it...which was absolutely fine...how touching a song...and how touching an experience.Thank you Geoffrey for bringing such gentleness into my night..

[Geoffrey Wren]

thank you, sweetgypsywife, for such a positive and uplifting response. yes, i too thought the atmosphere around leonard's song to be so unbelievably touching - both lyrics and melody. my poor effort comes nowhere near to the original, but it was sung in the night, as a sort of self-therapy, a way to conquer the heaviness of mourning, a way to paddle safely to the shore of the following day. -geoffrey

[coolcohen100]

I am a big fan of Mr. Cohen

I am pretty sure he love you version of the song. I LOVE it

taknks for sharing and keep up working you song is............ Thanks agin

[Geoffrey Wren]

Mr Cohen is known to have a generous heart, there is much warmth radiating from his work. therefore i am hoping, should he one day stumble upon this effort, that he will be forgiving for the liberty i have taken with his song.

[Geoffrey Wren]

hei :-)

[Geoffrey Wren]

thank you, aymiderham. my condolences to you concerning your nan. losing a close family member, or anyone you are very fond of, is probably the hardest of all sorrows. one rarely gets over the loss, but rather learns to live with it. take care, you too :-)

[aymiderham]

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I lost my nan, my closest relative last November. Take care :)

[Geoffrey Wren]

well, i believe him to be a very positive and forgiving sort of gentleman, so it would in any case be a seldom occurrence to hear of any criticism from him.

[Geoffrey Wren]

i had tragically lost my daughter just prior to singing this, and thought of the song as a sort of prayer, a need to see the place where she died. i have since been there, visited the location - a very positive experience. thank you so much for commenting :-)

[aymiderham]

Yes I agree, I reckon LC would like this cover :)

[aymiderham]

Lovely voice in this one too :)