Lyrics Field Commander Cohen.lrc Leonard Cohen
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[ar: Leonard Cohen]
[al: New Skin for the Old Ceremony]
[ti: Field Commander Cohen]
[length: 04:03]
[00:04.74]Field Commander Cohen
[00:07.70]He was our most important spy
[00:13.34]Wounded in the line of duty
[00:17.59]Parachuting acid into diplomatic cocktail parties
[00:27.11]Urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles
[00:34.76]Leave it all and like a man
[00:39.66]Come back to nothing special
[00:42.86]Such as waiting rooms and ticket lines
[00:47.72]Silver bullet suicides and messianic ocean tides
[00:54.66]And racial roller coaster rides
[00:57.54]And other forms of boredom, advertised as poetry
[01:12.23]I know you need your sleep now
[01:15.64]I know your life’s been hard
[01:21.41]But many men are falling
[01:24.81]Where you promised to stand guard
[01:28.21]I never asked but I heard
[01:33.52]You cast your lot along with the poor
[01:40.14]But then I overheard your prayer
[01:44.90]That you be this and nothing more
[01:49.88]Than just some grateful faithful woman’s
[01:54.57]Favorite singing millionaire
[01:58.75]The patron Saint of Envy and the grocer of despair
[02:07.30]Working for the Yankee dollar
[02:20.83]I know you need your sleep now
[02:27.25]I know your life’s been hard
[02:32.26]But many men are falling
[02:35.69]Where you promised to stand guard
[02:41.58]Ah, lover come and lie with me
[02:48.50]If my lover is who you are
[02:54.29]And be your sweetest self awhile
[02:59.47]Until I ask for more, my child
[03:04.84]Then let the other selves be one, yeah
[03:09.60]Let them manifest and come
[03:13.60]’Til every taste is on the tongue
[03:18.24]’Til love is pierced and love is hung
[03:22.70]And every kind of freedom done
[03:27.26]Then, oh, my love, oh, my love
[03:35.49]Oh, my love, oh, my love
[03:44.27]Oh, my love, oh, my love
[03:52.99]Oh, my love
[03:56.54]Year of Release: 1974