Lyrics Came So Far for Beauty.lrc Leonard Cohen
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[ar: Leonard Cohen]
[al: The Complete Studio Albums Collection]
[ti: Came So Far for Beauty]
[length: 04:04]
[00:15.55]I came so far for beauty
[00:22.43]I left so much behind
[00:31.22]My patience and my family
[00:38.64]My masterpiece unsigned
[00:46.20]I thought I’d be rewarded
[00:53.40]For such a lonely choice
[01:00.51]And surely she would answer
[01:07.92]To such a very hopeless voice
[01:14.94]I practiced on my sainthood
[01:21.79]I gave to one and all
[01:27.68]But the rumours of my virtue
[01:34.57]They moved her not at all
[01:41.95]I changed my style to silver
[01:48.80]I changed my clothes to black
[01:55.63]And where I would surrender
[02:01.44]Now I would attack
[02:07.96]I stormed the old casino
[02:15.59]For the money and the flesh
[02:22.99]And I myself decided
[02:29.10]What was rotten and what was fresh
[02:36.89]And men to do my bidding
[02:43.36]And broken bones to teach
[02:49.34]The value of my pardon
[02:56.29]The shadow of my reach
[03:03.49]But no, I could not touch her
[03:10.23]With such a heavy hand
[03:16.70]Her star beyond my order
[03:22.56]Her nakedness unmanned
[03:29.39]I came so far for beauty
[03:37.67]I left so much behind
[03:44.89]My patience and my family
[03:52.34]My masterpiece unsigned
[03:56.60]Year of Release: 1979