Lyrics Blessed Is the Memory.lrc Leonard Cohen
[id: pshksixg]
[ar: Leonard Cohen]
[al: Birds On a Wire]
[ti: Blessed Is the Memory]
[length: 04:37]
[00:05.53]I remember the promise
[00:08.55]That you made in the barn
[00:11.24]When the kittens were born
[00:13.90]And you could not keep warm
[00:16.66]So you moved away the mountain
[00:19.47]That the sun rose behind
[00:22.21]And you said yourself a prayer
[00:25.28]And laid down with the blind
[00:27.75]But you lost them in your freedom
[00:30.41]And you need him now, you’re wild
[00:33.63]Blessed is the memory
[00:36.21]Of everybody’s child
[00:39.27]And the vow of compassion
[00:52.49]That you swore through your teeth
[00:55.19]When the war began to end
[00:57.89]And the photographs weep
[01:00.82]Well, nobody blames you
[01:03.33]As the train pulls away
[01:06.08]With its cargo of snow
[01:08.65]For these German paper-weights
[01:11.44]But you lost them in your freedom
[01:14.20]And you need him now, you’re wild
[01:17.60]Blessed is the memory
[01:20.02]Of everybody’s child
[01:33.18]Well, its five in the morning
[01:36.35]There’s no one home
[01:39.02]Except for your wife
[01:41.31]And your child on the phone
[01:44.32]Somebody’s got to listen
[01:46.69]To a promise or two
[01:49.47]Oh, this room is far too small
[01:51.95]For a pilgrim like you
[01:54.64]But you lost them in your freedom
[01:57.11]And you need him now, you’re wild
[02:00.55]Blessed is the memory
[02:02.90]Of everybody’s child
[02:16.18]So, now that you’ve decided
[02:18.76]To follow the sun
[02:21.18]Like a shadow of birds
[02:23.65]Or a King on the run
[02:26.18]Oh, your chains are too dark
[02:29.02]For the seas you must swim
[02:31.66]You’re smiling at the seaweed
[02:34.26]But your smile is too grim
[02:36.91]But you lost them in your freedom
[02:39.65]And you need him now, you’re wild
[02:42.75]Blessed is the memory
[02:45.33]Of everybody’s child
[02:48.68]Blessed is the memory
[02:50.64]Of everybody’s child
[02:53.29]Blessed is the memory
[02:56.12]Of everybody’s child
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