I asked my father,
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I said, "Father change my name."
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The one I'm using now it's covered up
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with fear and filth and cowardice and shame.
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Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
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yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
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He said, "I locked you in this body,
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I meant it as a kind of trial.
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You can use it for a weapon,
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or to make some woman smile."
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Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
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yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
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"Then let me start again," I cried,
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"please let me start again,
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I want a face that's fair this time,
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I want a spirit that is calm."
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Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
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yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
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"I never never turned aside," he said,
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"I never walked away.
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It was you who built the temple,
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it was you who covered up my face."
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Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
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yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
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And may the spirit of this song,
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may it rise up pure and free.
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May it be a shield for you,
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a shield against the enemy.
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Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
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yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
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Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me
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yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
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Lover Lover Lover
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| Leonard Cohen |
