Closing Time (Live in London)-Leonard Cohen

[00:20.20]Ah we're drinking and we're dancing [00:22.74]And the band is really happening [00:25.12]And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high [00:29.18] [00:30.19]And my very sweet companion [00:32.62]She's the Angel of Compassion [00:35.44]She's rubbing half the world against her thigh [00:39.15] [00:39.91]And every drinker every dancer [00:42.52]Lifts a happy face to thank her [00:45.47]The fiddler fiddles something so sublime [00:48.99] [00:50.07]All the women tear their blouses off [00:52.93]And the men they dance on the polka-dots [00:55.46]And it's partner found it's partner lost [00:57.91]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [01:00.77]It's Closing Time [01:02.47] [01:05.22]Yeah the women tear their blouses off [01:07.94]And the men they dance on the polka-dots [01:10.46]And it's partner found it's partner lost [01:12.98]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [01:15.83] [01:17.90]It's Closing Time [01:20.98] [01:27.65]Ah we're lonely we're romantic [01:30.28]And the cider's laced with acid [01:32.96]And the Holy Spirit's crying Where's the beef [01:36.57] [01:37.48]And the moon is swimming naked [01:40.02]And the summer night is fragrant [01:42.65]With a mighty expectation of relief [01:47.03] [01:47.58]So we struggle and we stagger [01:50.30]Down the snakes and up the ladder [01:52.74]To the tower where the blessed hours chime [01:56.84] [01:57.83]And I swear it happened just like this [02:00.57]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [02:03.34]The Gates of Love they budged an inch [02:05.56]I can't say much has happened since [02:08.08]But Closing Time [02:09.95] [02:13.15]I swear it happened just like this [02:15.50]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [02:18.32]The Gates of Love they budged an inch [02:20.57]I can't say much has happened since [02:23.57] [02:28.33]Closing Time [02:38.02]I loved you for your beauty [02:40.65]But that doesn't make a fool of me [02:43.39]You were in it for your beauty too [02:46.80] [02:48.07]And I loved you for your body [02:50.29]There's a voice that sounds like God to me [02:53.12]Declaring declaring declaring that your body's really you [03:03.17]And I loved you when our love was blessed [03:05.59]And I love you now there's nothing left [03:08.18]But sorrow and a sense of overtime [03:11.26] [03:12.96]And I missed you since the place got wrecked [03:15.61]And I just don't care what happens next [03:18.25]Looks like freedom but it feels like death [03:20.61]It's something in between I guess [03:23.16]It's Closing Time [03:26.84] [03:27.82]Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked [03:30.66]By the winds of change and the ****s of *** [03:33.24]Looks like freedom but it feels like death [03:35.64]It's something in between I guess [03:38.53] [03:40.48]It's Closing Time [03:43.32] [03:50.37]Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing [03:52.89]But there's nothing really happening [03:55.46]And the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night [03:59.40] [04:00.16]And my very close companion [04:02.91]Gets me fumbling gets me laughing [04:05.40]She's a hundred but she's wearing [04:07.94]Something tight [04:09.38] [04:10.77]And I lift my glass to the Awful Truth [04:13.20]Which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth [04:16.01]Except to say it isn't worth a dime [04:19.55] [04:20.75]And the whole damn place goes crazy twice [04:23.17]And it's once for the devil and once for Christ [04:25.73]But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights [04:28.25]We're busted in the blinding lights [04:30.75]Of Closing Time [04:32.65] [04:35.79]The whole damn place goes crazy twice [04:38.20]And it's once for the devil and once for Christ [04:40.69]But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights [04:43.25]We're busted in the blinding lights [04:46.18] [04:48.57]Busted in the blinding lights [04:50.74]Of Closing Time [04:55.04] [05:00.83]Oh the women tear their blouses off the men they dance on The polka-dots [05:05.97]It's Closing Time [05:09.47] [05:10.49]And it's partner found it's partner lost [05:13.35]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [05:16.03]It's Closing Time [05:19.55] [05:20.85]I swear it happened just like this [05:23.26]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [05:25.92]It's Closing Time [05:29.59] [05:30.92]The Gates of Love they budged an inch [05:33.28]I can't say much has happened since [05:35.91]But Closing Time [05:39.66] [05:40.91]I loved you when our love was blessed [05:43.42]I love you now there's nothing left [05:45.80]But Closing Time [05:49.75] [05:50.89]I miss you since the place got wrecked