Leonard Cohen "Fingerprints"

This song is from the 1977 LP album
"Death Of A Ladies' Man"
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"Fingerprints"

I touched you once too often
Now I don't know who I am
My fingerprints were missing
When I wiped away the jam

Yes I called my fingerprints all night
But they don't seem to care
The last time that I saw them
They were leafing through your hair

Fingerprints, fingerprints
Where are you now my fingerprints?

Yeah I thought I'd leave this morning
So I emptied out your drawer
A hundred thousand fingerprints
They floated to the floor

You know you hardly stopped to pick them up
You don't care what you lose
Ah you don't even seem to know
Whose fingerprints are whose

Fingerprints, fingerprints
Where are you now my fingerprints?

And now you want to marry me
You want to take me down the aisle
You want to throw confetti fingerprints
You know that's not my style

O sure I'd like to marry you
But I can't face the dawn
With any girl who knew me
When my fingerprints were on

Fingerprints, fingerprints
Where are you now my fingerprints?

Fingerprints, oh fingerprints
Where are you now my fingerprints?

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• Leonard
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• Death
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• Ladies
• Man

[lynage1]

Truthfully...is he not just too cool???? Mind wracking, word cracking, and always just a little to the left...I'm a big fan...'cause what's not to like??

[notscooter952]

this song is so fun! I love L. Cohen.

[darinadarina100]

You dirty old Jewish shithead......so much for censorship.....can't take any criticism even tho you totally rely on us "musically minded" people for your income.......hope your Armani suit falls apart at the seams, loco head.....

[yourskull]

where are you now...

[IoEstasCedonta]

@shachardave "Death of a Ladies' Man" was actually well into his career. "Hallelujah" wasn't out yet, nor anything from "The Future," but "Suzanne," "Bird on the Wire," "Famous Blue Raincoat," "The Partisan," "Joan of Arc"...

[IoEstasCedonta]

Leonard... Cohen?!

[mallducklard]

This is different! Love hearing all of his stuff hidden away on Youtube!

[kjf666]

This is BRILLIANT, for anyone who wants my fingerprints on them xxx

[shachardave]

I "think" this was when he first started introducing himself to the world of music.  He actually began his career as a "country" musician with a band in Montreal. Doesn't the country "twang" make itself visible in this tune?

[sunshinejls]

This is great! Love this song - as with so many others of his.

It's so different from all the others of his I've heard! Being this man's "fan" is going to consume a great deal of time and I think a good bit of money. Love him!

Thanks for posting/sharing~

[charlajoy1]

He's beautiful. So glad that he's left his fingerprints all over my mind and CD player and this world.

[lilifyre]

Ah, this is for all those people who think LC is depressing! I love this!!!! LMAO!!!