Cohen Leonard Waiting For The Miracle Lyrics

Waiting For The Miracle Lyrics

(Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson)

Baby, I've been waiting
I've been
waiting night and day
I didn't see the time
I waited half my life
away
There were many invitations
And I know you sent me some
But I was
waiting
For the miracle to come

I know you really loved me
But, you
see, my hands were tied
I know it must have hurt you
It must have hurt
your pride
To stand beneath my window
With your bugle and your
drum
While I was waiting
For the miracle to come

You wouldn't like
it baby
You wouldn't like it here
There's not much entertainment
And
the critics are severe
The Maestro says it's Mozart
But it sounds like
bubble gum
When you're waiting
For the miracle to
come

CHORUS
Waiting for the miracle
There's nothing left to
do
I haven't been this happy
Since the end of World War II
Nothing
left to do
When you know that you've been taken
Nothing left to
do
When you're begging for a crumb
Nothing left to do
When you've got
to go on waiting
For the miracle to come

I dreamed about you,
baby
It was just the other night
Most of you was naked
But some of you
was light
The sands of time were falling
>From your fingers and your
thumb
And you were waiting
For the miracle to come

Baby, let's get
married
We've been alone too long
Let's be alone together
Let's see if
we're that strong
Let's do something crazy
Something absolutely
wrong
While we're waiting
For the miracle to
come

CHORUS

When you've fallen on the highway
And you're lying
in the rain
And they ask you how you're feeling
Of course you say you
can't complain
If you're squeezed for information
That's when you've got
to play it dumb
You just say you're out there waiting
For the miracle to
come