A Thousand Kisses Deep Lyrics - The Essential Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

The ponies run, the girls are young 

The odds are there to beat 

You win a while and then it's done 

Your little winning streak 

And summoned now to deal 

With your invincible defeat 

You live your life as if it's real 

A thousand kisses deep 

I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed 

I'm back on boogie street 

You lose your grip and then you slip 

Into the masterpiece 

And maybe I had miles to drive 

And promises to keep 

You ditch it all to stay alive 

A thousand kisses deep 

And sometimes when the night is slow 

The wretched and the meek 

We gather up our hearts and go 

A thousand kisses deep 

Confined to sex we pressed against 

The limits of the sea 

I saw there were no oceans left 

For scavengers like me 

I made it to the forward deck 

I blessed our remnant fleet 

And then consented to be wrecked 

A thousand kisses deep 

I'm turning tricks I'm getting fixed 

I'm back on boogie street 

I guess they won't exchange the gifts 

That you were meant to keep 

And quiet is the thought of you 

The file on you complete 

Except what we forgot to do 

A thousand kisses deep 

And sometimes when the night is slow 

The wretched and the meek 

We gather up our hearts and go 

A thousand kisses deep 

The ponies run, the girls are young 

The odds are there to beat 

You win a while and then it's done 

Your little winning streak 

And summoned now to deal 

With your invincible defeat 

You live your life as if it's real 

A thousand kisses deep