Tower Of Song
Leonard Cohen
Well, my Hfriends are gone, and my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm Ecrazy for love, but I'm not coming Hon
I'm just F#paying my rent everyEday in the Tower of HSong
I Hsaid to Hank Williams: "How lonely does it get?", Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
But I Ehear him coughing all night Hlong
A F#hundred floors above me Ein the Tower of HSong
I was Hborn like this, I had no choice, I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And Etwenty-seven angels from the great Hbeyond
They F#tied me to this table right Ehere in the Tower of HSong
So you can Hstick your little pins in that voodoo doll, I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all
I'm Estanding by the window where the light is Hstrong
They don't F#let a woman kill you, Enot in the Tower of HSong
Now you can Hsay that I've grown bitter, but of this you may be sure: the rich have got their channels
In the bedrooms of the poor, and there's a Emighty judgment coming, but I may be Hwrong
You see, you F#hear these funny voices Ein the Tower of HSong
G#mI see you standing on the F#other side, I G#mdon't know how the river F#got so wide
I Eloved you, baby, way back Hwhen
And all the G#mbridges are burning that we F#might've crossed, but I G#mfeel so close to everyF#thing that we lost
We'll Enever, we'll never have to lose it F#again
I Hbid you farewell, don't know when I'll be back, they're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
But you'll be Ehearing from me, baby, long after I'm Hgone
I'll be F#speaking to you sweetly from a Ewindow in the Tower of HSong
Yeah, my Hfriends are gone, and my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm Ecrazy for love, but I'm not coming Hon
I'm just F#paying my rent everyEday in the Tower of HSong