I love to speak with Leonard
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He's a sportsman and a shepherd
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He's a lazy bastard
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Living in a suit
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But he does say what I tell him
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Even though it isn't welcome
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He just doesn't have the freedom
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To refuse
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He will speak these words of wisdom
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Like a sage, a man of vision
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Though he knows he's really nothing
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But the brief elaboration of a tube
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Going home
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Without my sorrow
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Going home
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Sometime tomorrow
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Going home
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To where it's better
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Than before
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Going home
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Without my burden
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Going home
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Behind the curtain
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Going home
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Without the costume
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That I wore
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He wants to write a love song
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An anthem of forgiving
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A manual for living with defeat
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A cry above the suffering
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A sacrifice recovering
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But that isn't what I need him
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To complete
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I want him to be certain
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That he doesn't have a burden
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That he doesn't need a vision
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That he only has permission
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To do my instant bidding
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Which is to say what I have told him
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To repeat
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Going home
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Without my sorrow
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Going home
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Sometime tomorrow
|
Going home
|
To where it's better
|
Than before
|
|
Going home
|
Without my burden
|
Going home
|
Behind the curtain
|
Going home
|
Without this costume
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That I wore
|
|
Going home
|
Without the sorrow
|
Going home
|
Sometime tomorrow
|
Going home
|
To where it's better
|
Than before
|
|
Going home
|
Without the burden
|
Going home
|
Behind the curtain
|
Going home
|
Without this costume
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That I wore
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I love to speak with Leonard
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He's a sportsman and a shepherd
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He's a lazy bastard
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Living in a suit
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Going Home
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| Leonard Cohen |
