Leonard Cohen-Leaving Green Sleeves

Alas, my love, you did me wrong,
to cast me out discourteously,
for I have loved you so long,
delighting in your very company.
Now if you intend to show me disdain,
don't you know it all the more enraptures me,
for even so I still remain your lover in captivity.

Green sleeves, you're all alone,
the leaves have fallen, the men have gone.
Green sleeves, there's no one home,
not even the Lady Green Sleeves

I sang my songs, I told my lies,
to lie between your matchless thighs.
And ain't it fine, ain't it wild
to finally end our exercise
Then I saw you naked in the early dawn,
oh, I hoped you would be someone new.
I reached for you but you were gone,
so lady I'm going too.

Green sleeves, you're all alone ...

Green sleeves, you're all alone,
the leaves have fallen, the men have all gone home.
Green sleeves, it's so easily done,
leaving the Lady Green Sleeves.

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[idiotjim]

"...Then I saw you naked in the early dawn,

oh, I hoped you would be someone new..."

sob

[nickyvanderhut]

GREATEST PERFORMER, WRITER EVER!!!

[atheer2002]

oh, I hoped you would be someone new..

[Ghostorchid2]

Many thanks to balcky666 for upoaded such a gem..:)

[AltheaHekate]

@Ghostorchid2 You're welcome!:-)) The uploader did a very good job!:-))

Blessed Be;

Althea )0(

[Ghostorchid2]

@AltheaHekate Oh my dear Althea never boring girl :)..This is class..No more..no less

expected from the very talented..Leonard Cohen..A 1000 thanks..Susie x

[AltheaHekate]

Beautiful..... What a voice!:-))

Blessed Be;

Althea )0(

[MisterMcBraineater]

@winggoddess ok

[atheer2002]

your lover in captivity..

[winggoddess]

blackmore's night's version is way better.

[addman27]

One of my favorite Leonard Cohen songs. He's so raw, so caught up in emotion, he practically yells the last verse of the song. It's visceral, real, and amazing!!! You can actually hear pain in his voice! He overpowers the sparce music. It's a poem recited over song. Pretty intense, and one of his best! It's unique in the fact that there's nothing else by him, or anyone else quite like it.