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COHEN LEONARD-FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT

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Uploaded by on Nov 6, 2009

It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record.

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake --

She sends her regards.
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear

Sincerely, L. Cohen

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  • Ahhhh! Pricilla Presley! Very nice. Jennifer Warnes is at the map pointing to Leamington, Ontario so that would place that photo to 1966. So, if Pricilla is also in this vid this must have been right before she married Elvis a second time...right? Which would have been sometime between 1966 - 1970...right? Maybe there was some truth to the gossip that she took hold of the arm by a man named Al/El by mistake? Hmmm? Only one had a certified marriage certificate and that was Elvis...right?

  • Beautiful.  So, Leonard Cohen has fans in Croatia? That's great.

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