Almost Like The Blues Lyrics - Popular Problems - Leonard Cohen

I saw some people starving 

There was murder, there was rape 

Their villages were burning 

They were trying to escape 

I couldn't meet their glances 

I was staring at my shoes 

It was acid, it was tragic 

It was almost like the blues 

It was almost like the blues 

I have to die a little 

Between each murderous thought 

And when I'm finished thinking 

I have to die a lot 

There's torture and there's killing 

And there's all my bad reviews 

The war, the children missing 

Lord, it's almost like the blues 

It's almost like a blues 

So I let my heart get frozen 

To keep away the rot 

My father says I'm chosen 

My mother says I'm not 

I listened to their story 

Of the Gypsies and the Jews 

It was good, it wasn't boring 

It was almost like the blues 

It was almost like the blues 

There is no God in Heaven 

And there is no Hell below 

So says the great professor 

Of all there is to know 

But I've had the invitation 

That a sinner can't refuse 

And it's almost like salvation 

It's almost like the blues 

It's almost like a blues 

Almost like a blues