Leonard Cohen-Diamonds in the mine

The woman in blue, she's asking for revenge,
man in white -- that's you -- says he has no friends.
The river is swollen up with rusty cans
and the trees are burning in your promised land.
And there are no letters in the mailbox,
and there are no grapes upon the vine,
and there are no chocolates in the boxes anymore,
and there are no diamonds in the mine.

Well, you tell me that your lover has a broken limb,
you say you're kind of restless now and it's on account of him.
Well, I saw the man in question, it was just the other night,
he was eating up a lady where the lions and Christians fight.

And there are no letters in the mailbox
and there are no grapes upon the vine,
and there are no chocolates in the boxes anymore,
and there are no diamonds in the mine.

(You tell them now)

Ah, there is no comfort in the covens of the witch,
some very clever doctor went and sterilized the bitch,
and the only man of energy, yes the revolution's pride,
he trained a hundred women just to kill an unborn child.

And there are no letters in the mailbox,
oh no, there are no, no grapes upon your vine,
and there are, there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore,
and there are no diamonds in your mine,
and there are no letters in the mailbox,
and there are no grapes upon the vine,
and there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore,
and there are no diamonds in your mine.

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[asilvass]

he doesnt need to "mimic" dylan. he has his own flavor. cohen reigns!

[lordyfordy]

countless individuals of all people know what suffering is.

[spiralcosmosart]

Good post traumatic cock blocked valentine day recovery song!

[patera124]

Please make this the christmas number 1

[AltheaHekate]

Great song, incredible voice. Nice video with all the LC-pictures !

Thank You!

[WillieG1016]

i love the upbeat feel he chose for this. every other song on songs of love and hate are so goddamn depressing. and somehow this comes out as the most depressing one from the album, despite the borderline happy country twang he gave it. genius, man. pure genius.

[TheBlindPig1]

im gonna black mail you for you innocence was a premanition.

[TheBlindPig1]

i wish i could die at the stake decrying man folly.

[TheBlindPig1]

Christ says you dont have to fight for paradise. because of the sacrifice and bloody mary. Because they law down to a power greater, not that of earth but heaven, thou that shall remain after i am gone.

[megagoldeagle08]

@elffy66 It is! It's just humorous. Leonard Cohen has the most encouraging depressing songs in the world! =D whenever I'm sad his music cheers me up even though the lyrics don't lol

[elffy66]

HAHAHAHAHA!! I dont understand why but this is pretty funny!! XD

[phrenopsis]

...that's all I got to say