Cohen Leonard So Long Marianne Lyrics

So Long Marianne Lyrics

Come over to the window, my little darling,
I'd like to try to read your
palm.
I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy
before I let you take
me home.

Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
to laugh and
cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

Well you know that I love to
live with you,
but you make me forget so very much.
I forget to pray for
the angels
and then the angels forget to pray for us.

Now so long,
Marianne, it's time that we began ...

We met when we were almost
young
deep in the green lilac park.
You held on to me like I was a
crucifix,
as we went kneeling through the dark.

Oh so long, Marianne,
it's time that we began ...

Your letters they all say that you're beside
me now.
Then why do I feel alone?
I'm standing on a ledge and your fine
spider web
is fastening my ankle to a stone.

Now so long, Marianne,
it's time that we began ...

For now I need your hidden love.
I'm cold
as a new razor blade.
You left when I told you I was curious,
I never said
that I was brave.

Oh so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
...

Oh, you are really such a pretty one.
I see you've gone and
changed your name again.
And just when I climbed this whole
mountainside,
to wash my eyelids in the rain!

Oh so long, Marianne,
it's time that we began ...