Lyrics The Butcher.lrc Leonard Cohen
[id: pshjufac]
[ar: Leonard Cohen]
[al: Songs From a Room]
[ti: The Butcher]
[length: 03:22]
[00:12.30]I came upon a butcher
[00:17.01]He was slaughtering a lamb
[00:23.57]I accused him there
[00:27.93]With his tortured lamb
[00:34.36]He said, “Listen to me, child”
[00:41.12]”I am what I am”
[00:47.05]”And you, you are my only son”
[01:00.35]Well, I found a silver needle
[01:06.08]I put it into my arm
[01:11.67]It did some good
[01:17.97]Did some harm
[01:22.67]But the nights were cold
[01:25.97]And it almost kept me warm
[01:33.53]How come the night is long?
[01:45.12]I saw some flowers growing up
[01:49.95]Where that lamb fell down
[01:55.35]Was I supposed to praise my Lord
[02:00.28]Make some kind of joyful sound?
[02:05.75]He said, “Listen, listen to me now”
[02:11.40]”I go ’round and ’round”
[02:16.83]”And you, you are my only child”
[02:27.59]Do not leave me now
[02:34.03]Do not leave me now
[02:39.89]I’m broken down
[02:44.76]From a recent fall
[02:51.14]Blood upon my body
[02:55.38]And ice upon my soul
[03:00.68]Lead on, my son, it is your world
[03:15.26]Year of Release: 1969