[ti:]Night Comes On
[ar:]Leonard Cohen
[al:]The Essential Leonard Cohen
[00:09.75]I went down to the place
[00:12.38]Where I knew she lay waiting
[00:14.71]Under the marble and the snow
[00:19.40]I said, Mother I'm frightened
[00:21.84]The thunder and the lightning
[00:24.40]I'll never come through this alone
[00:29.27]She said, I'll be with you
[00:31.92]My shawl wrapped around you
[00:34.39]My hand on your head when you go
[00:39.17]And the night came on
[00:41.85]It was very calm
[00:43.21]I wanted the night to go on and on
[00:48.94]But she said, Go back to the World
[00:58.93]We were fighting in Egypt
[01:01.18]When they signed this agreement
[01:03.75]That nobody else had to die
[01:08.10]There was this terrible sound
[01:10.92]And my father went down
[01:13.40]With a terrible wound in his side
[01:17.71]Cohen Leonard
[01:18.10]He said, Try to go on
[01:20.80]Take my books, take my gun
[01:22.22]Remember, my son, how they lied
[01:28.24]And the night comes on
[01:30.96]It's very calm
[01:33.33]I'd like to pretend that my father was wrong
[01:38.12]But you don't want to lie, not to the young
[01:48.23]We were locked in this kitchen
[01:50.72]I took to religion
[01:53.18]And I wondered how long she would stay
[01:57.58]I needed so much
[02:00.01]To have nothing to touch
[02:02.81]I've always been greedy that way
[02:07.41]But my son and my daughter
[02:09.99]Climbed out of the water
[02:12.42]Crying, Papa, you promised to play
[02:17.31]And they lead me away
[02:19.73]To the great surprise
[02:22.30]It's Papa, don't peek, Papa, cover your eyes
[02:27.29]And they hide, they hide in the World
[02:35.40]
[02:36.94]Now I look for her always
[02:39.29]I'm lost to the collegue
[02:42.06]I'm tied to the threads of some prayer
[02:46.69]Saying, When will she summon me
[02:49.20]When will she come to me
[02:51.69]What must I do to prepare
[02:56.32]When she bends to my longing
[02:59.12]Like a willow, like a fountain
[03:01.67]She stands in the luminous air
[03:06.17]And the night comes on
[03:08.90]And it's very calm
[03:11.15]I lie in her arms and says, When I'm gone
[03:16.11]I'll be yours, yours for a song
[03:26.27]Now the crickets are singing
[03:27.71]The vesper bells ringing
[03:30.96]The cat's curled asleep in his chair
[03:35.87]I'll go down to Bill's Bar
[03:38.53]I can make it that far
[03:40.81]And I'll see if my friends are still there
[03:45.32]Yes, and here's to the few
[03:48.08]Who forgive what you do
[03:50.31]And the fewer who don't even care
[03:55.35]And the night comes on
[03:58.14]It's very calm
[04:00.55]I want to cross over, I want to go home
[04:05.37]But she says, Go back, go back to the World
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