Leonard Cohen - The third invention

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Blindly he worked
At his third invention
Taking the chances
Of one who is lost

Feeling his way
To a cleaner expression
Of whatever it was
He stumbled across

All for the sake
Of a possible woman
He goaded himself
With a technical hope

For the sake of his longing
We came to the window
He put on his cloths
And he walked through the smoke

All for the sake
Of an interested woman
Riding to him
On a flicker of hope

Some tourist of beauty
In full disappointment
Ready to fall
In love with a ghost

And here was his ghost
With his third invention
The usual claim
To the highest reward

And now it was ready
His third invention
Ready to fall
In love with the world

And he falls back
And she comes forward
The eye of his labour
Measures them both

And she lies in the arms
Of his third invention
And back in his room
He commences the fourth

This is the work
Of the highest pretension
An automatic
Ode to the world

O deep in comfort
O full employment
He s lost to the fourth
He s lost to the third.

Inne utwory

  • If it be your will
  • You have loved enough
  • Who by fire
  • Song of destruction
  • On that day
  • In my secret life
  • Teachers
  • Love calls you by your name
  • You know who i am
  • The smokey life
  • Here it is
  • One of us cannot be wrong
  • The future
  • The land of plenty
  • Everybody knows
  • So long Marianne
  • Came so far for beauty
  • Queen Victoria
  • Losowe utwory

    The land of plenty

    Don’t really have the courage
    To stand where I must stand.
    Don’t really have the temperament
    To lend a helping hand.

    Don’t really know who sent me
    To raise my voice and say:
    May the lights in The Land of Plenty
    Shine...

    Punk by numbers

    I tried to fix the
    cooker in the kitchen
    Gas was coming out of every hole
    Everything was leaking, reeking always
    So I went down to the office of the dole

    Away...they said
    You ve got to get yourself
    Away...they said
    You ve got to get yourself away from...

    Prosta rzecz

    Prosta rzecz ,śnić ten sen ,tak niewinnie jak marzyciel
    Życie jak mecz ,jeden mecz ,który ważniejszy jest niż życie
    Spójrz na niebo ,poczuj siebie ,zanim złapiesz oddech
    Daj się ponieść tym marzeniom ,które żyją w tobie
    Nie zastanawiaj się więc ,czasu mamy coraz mniej ,czasu mamy coraz mniej.

    Hej hej...

    I wish that

    Oh
    I wish that
    This world was one world
    I wish that
    Love ruled on this Earth
    That everyone would try
    Try to take some time to show
    Some kindness
    That every life would be
    A life that knows
    No loneliness
    This is my wish

    And I wish that
    There would be no wars
    And I wish that
    No one had to hurt no more
    And...

    Rocking machine

    A-one, two, buckle my blues...

    I m making it this time
    I m making it this time

    I m making it this time around
    Before I lose my mind again
    Before I lose my mind

    At times she rules my mind
    I sit here marking time
    Well, I m well in with the rockin machine
    Put me down,...