I came so far for beauty
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I left so much behind
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My patience and my family
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My masterpiece unsigned
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I thought I'd be rewarded
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For such a lonely choice
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And surely she would answer
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To such a very hopeless voice
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I practiced all my sainthood
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I gave to one and all
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But the rumours of my virtue
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They moved her not at all
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I changed my style to silver
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I changed my clothed to black
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And where I would surrender
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Now I would attack
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I stormed the old casino
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For the money and the flesh
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And I myself decided
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What was rotten and what was fresh
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And men to do my bidding
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And broken bones to teach
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The value of my pardon
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The shadow of my reach
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But no, I could not touch her
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With such a heavy hand
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Her star beyond my order
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Her nakedness unmanned
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I came so far for beauty
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I left so much behind
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My patience and my family
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My masterpiece unsigned
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I Came So Far For Beauty
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Leonard Cohen |