Leonard Cohen - Lady Midnight
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| Intro: |
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| I came by myself to a very crowded place |
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| I was looking for someone |
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| who had lines in her face |
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| I found her there but she was past all concern |
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| I asked her to hold me, I said, "Lady unfold me." |
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| But she scorned me and she told me |
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| I was dead and I could never return |
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| Well, I argued all night like so many have before |
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| Saying, "Whatever you give me, |
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| I seem to need so much more." |
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| Then she pointed at me where I |
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| kneeled on her floor |
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| She said, "Don't try to use me |
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| or slyly refuse me |
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| Just win me or lose me |
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| It is this that the darkness is for." |
| Bridge: |
| G F C G x2 |
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| I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, |
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| I fear that you grow old |
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| The stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold." |
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| "If we cry now," she said, "It will just be ignored." |
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| So I walked through the morning, sweet early morning |
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| I could hear my lady calling |
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| "You've won me, you've won me, my lord |
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| You've won me, you've won me my lord |
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| Yes, you've won me, you've won me, my lord |
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| Ah, you've won me, you've won me, my lord |
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| Ah, you've won me, you've won me, my lord." |
| Ending: |
| C G G F x2 |
