Going Home Lyrics - Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen

I love to speak with Leonard 

He's a sportsman and a shepherd 

He's a lazy bastard 

Living in a suit 

But he does say what I tell him 

Even though it isn't welcome 

He just doesn't have the freedom 

To refuse 

He will speak these words of wisdom 

Like a sage, a man of vision 

Though he knows he's really nothing 

But the brief elaboration of a tube 

Going home 

Without my sorrow 

Going home 

Sometime tomorrow 

Going home 

To where it's better 

Than before 

Going home 

Without my burden 

Going home 

Behind the curtain 

Going home 

Without the costume 

That I wore 

He wants to write a love song 

An anthem of forgiving 

A manual for living with defeat 

A cry above the suffering 

A sacrifice recovering 

But that isn't what I need him 

To complete 

I want to make him certain 

That he doesn't have a burden 

That he doesn't need a vision 

That he only has permission 

To do my instant bidding 

Which is to say what I have told him 

To repeat 

Going home 

Without my sorrow 

Going home 

Sometime tomorrow 

Going home 

To where it's better 

Than before 

Going home 

Without my burden 

Going home 

Behind the curtain 

Going home 

Without this costume 

That I wore 

I'm going home 

Without the sorrow 

Going home 

Sometime tomorrow 

Going home 

To where it's better 

Than before 

Going home 

Without my burden 

Going home 

Behind the curtain 

Going home 

Without this costume 

That I wore 

I love to speak with Leonard 

He's a sportsman and a shepherd 

He's a lazy bastard 

Living in a suit