ONE OF US CANNOT BE WRONG by Leonard Cohen (in honor of KarinFredrika hitting 1,000 subs)

I have a poetry chapbook loaded with illustrations that comes with 2 dvds of me doing spoken word.
It is available at: http://www.filmbaby.com/films/4408
--or private message me. Email is: b8888a@aol.com


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Congratulations to Karin for hitting 1,000 subs!

Thank you Karin for being my biggest inspiration and I apologize that this is such a dorky tribute video! :p

Also, check out the video that this is a video response to--it is one of Karin's finest songs.

Also subscribe to PoetLina at:
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(She does a great version of one of his songs which she may or may not post)

ONE OF US CANNOT BE WRONG

I lit a thin green candle, to make you jealous of me.
But the room just filled up with mosquitos,
they heard that my body was free.
Then I took the dust of a long sleepless night
and I put it in your little shoe.
And then I confess that I tortured the dress
that you wore for the world to look through.
I showed my heart to the doctor: he said I just have to quit.
Then he wrote himself a prescription,
and your name was mentioned in it!
Then he locked himself in a library shelf
with the details of our honeymoon,
and I hear from the nurse that he's gotten much worse
and his practice is all in a ruin.

I heard of a saint who had loved you,
so I studied all night in his school.
He taught that the duty of lovers
is to tarnish the golden rule.
And just when I was sure that his teachings were pure
he drowned himself in the pool.
His body is gone but back here on the lawn
his spirit continues to drool.

An Eskimo showed me a movie
he'd recently taken of you:
the poor man could hardly stop shivering,
his lips and his fingers were blue.
I suppose that he froze when the wind took your clothes
and I guess he just never got warm.
But you stand there so nice, in your blizzard of ice,
oh please let me come into the storm.

(Leonard Cohen)

--with apologiess to Mr. Cohen and Karin Fredrika :p

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[omicronnorcimo]

dónde esta el amor, inbecil...

[DavidRandallCurtis]

omicronnorcimo: i'm dying here.. I don't care if that was a good or bad comment--I just want to know what it means!

[BigPrairieDude]

It is nice of you to drink in her honor but besides being a good lyricist, guitar player and her youth being not hard on the eyes....Remember that in the end it is not the wrapping that counts but what's inside. If I looked like her I would have a hard time developing my soul.Bah you are right! she is great!!! I'll join you in a drink. Bye

[DavidRandallCurtis]

BigPrairie: Well, she really is my favorite... because her music is so full of soul... (although she may block me when she sees THIS crazy video!) -- but... I've exchanged a few messages with her and have been very impressed by how seriously she takes her music... she is one of a kind... thanks for the comment

[WiggyTheCanuck]

Leonard Cohen is the closest thing we have to a real god.

Oh, and you're pretty cool too.

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Wiggy: Even though I am a hardcore skeptic--I have to agree Leonard Cohen is pretty much a God... that is one reason I got together with my friend and tried to have fun with this... I consider him a master and myself the court jester :p

[burgerzo]

Floor lamp from the right? Yes same an ass! A lighter a shit!

[WetlandsRemediation]

We are SO jealous.

GLASS bottles and shot glasses!

It's all HDPE down here.

[lunchHead]

That's awesome. Were I to identify myself in your poem I'd have to be the eskimo, not just because making movies is fun, also in Canada eh? The pit was a bit weak but sure that he can do better. cha cha

[741958]

To my two favorite YouTube video actors. You are the best!! Love, The Typist

[samdougken]

Oh lord. That was fun!

[IGrazor]

Excellent tribute - glad I followed the link the Karin, she's really good.

[Sizzletube]

david this was great 5*****

but i must go now as i have an urge for a shot of whisky, where did that come from

ha ha

love is all trevor sizzle