Closing Time (Live May 24, 2009; John Labatt Centre, London, Ontario, Canada)-Leonard Cohen

[00:20.197]Ah we're drinking and we're dancing [00:22.739]And the band is really happening [00:25.124]And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high [00:30.188]And my very sweet companion [00:32.620]She's the Angel of Compassion [00:35.435]She's rubbing half the world against her thigh [00:39.910]And every drinker every dancer [00:42.524]Lifts a happy face to thank her [00:45.467]The fiddler fiddles something so sublime [00:50.69]All the women tear their blouses off [00:52.933]And the men they dance on the polka-dots [00:55.456]And it's partner found it's partner lost [00:57.909]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [01:00.768]It's Closing Time [01:05.220]Yeah the women tear their blouses off [01:07.939]And the men they dance on the polka-dots [01:10.458]And it's partner found it's partner lost [01:12.978]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [01:17.896]It's Closing Time [01:27.647]Ah we're lonely we're romantic [01:30.277]And the cider's laced with acid [01:32.964]And the Holy Spirit's crying Where's the beef [01:37.477]And the moon is swimming naked [01:40.20]And the summer night is fragrant [01:42.650]With a mighty expectation of relief [01:47.577]So we struggle and we stagger [01:50.297]Down the snakes and up the ladder [01:52.742]To the tower where the blessed hours chime [01:57.833]And I swear it happened just like this [02:00.565]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [02:03.340]The Gates of Love they budged an inch [02:05.558]I can't say much has happened since [02:08.81]But Closing Time [02:13.147]I swear it happened just like this [02:15.499]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [02:18.321]The Gates of Love they budged an inch [02:20.574]I can't say much has happened since [02:28.327]Closing Time [02:38.22]I loved you for your beauty [02:40.647]But that doesn't make a fool of me [02:43.386]You were in it for your beauty too [02:48.75]And I loved you for your body [02:50.295]There's a voice that sounds like God to me [02:53.124]Declaring declaring declaring that your body's really you [03:03.167]And I loved you when our love was blessed [03:05.593]And I love you now there's nothing left [03:08.178]But sorrow and a sense of overtime [03:12.961]And I missed you since the place got wrecked [03:15.613]And I just don't care what happens next [03:18.253]Looks like freedom but it feels like death [03:20.609]It's something in between I guess [03:23.165]It's Closing Time [03:27.815]Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked [03:30.662]By the winds of change and the ****s of *** [03:33.238]Looks like freedom but it feels like death [03:35.644]It's something in between I guess [03:40.482]It's Closing Time [03:50.370]Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing [03:52.887]But there's nothing really happening [03:55.458]And the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night [04:00.160]And my very close companion [04:02.908]Gets me fumbling gets me laughing [04:05.398]She's a hundred but she's wearing [04:07.939]Something tight [04:10.773]And I lift my glass to the Awful Truth [04:13.195]Which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth [04:16.14]Except to say it isn't worth a dime [04:20.746]And the whole damn place goes crazy twice [04:23.174]And it's once for the devil and once for Christ [04:25.725]But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights [04:28.251]We're busted in the blinding lights [04:30.754]Of Closing Time [04:35.788]The whole damn place goes crazy twice [04:38.200]And it's once for the devil and once for Christ [04:40.692]But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights [04:43.252]We're busted in the blinding lights [04:48.573]Busted in the blinding lights [04:50.736]Of Closing Time [05:00.825]Oh the women tear their blouses off the men they dance on The polka-dots [05:05.972]It's Closing Time [05:10.491]And it's partner found it's partner lost [05:13.347]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [05:16.31]It's Closing Time [05:20.854]I swear it happened just like this [05:23.260]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [05:25.920]It's Closing Time [05:30.916]The Gates of Love they budged an inch [05:33.280]I can't say much has happened since [05:35.909]But Closing Time [05:40.906]I loved you when our love was blessed [05:43.420]I love you now there's nothing left [05:45.805]But Closing Time [05:50.885]I miss you since the place got wrecked