So Long, Marianne Lyrics - Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

Come over to the window, my little darling 

I'd like to try to read your palm 

I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy 

Before I let you take me home 

Now so long, Marianne 

It's time that we began to laugh 

And cry and cry and laugh about it all again 

Well, you know that I love to live with you 

But you make me forget so very much 

I forget to pray for the angels 

And then the angels forget to pray for us 

Now so long, Marianne 

It's time that we began to laugh 

And cry and cry and laugh about it all again 

We met when we were almost young 

Deep in the green lilac park 

You held on to me like I was a crucifix 

As we went kneeling through the dark 

Oh, so long, Marianne 

It's time that we began to laugh 

And cry and cry and laugh about it all again 

Your letters, they all say that you're beside me now 

Then why do I feel alone? 

I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web 

Is fastening my ankle to a stone 

Now so long, Marianne 

It's time that we began to laugh 

And cry and cry and laugh about it all again 

For now I need your hidden love 

I'm cold as a new razorblade 

You left when I told you I was curious 

I never said that I was brave 

Oh, so long, Marianne 

It's time that we began to laugh 

And cry and cry and laugh about it all again 

Oh, you are really such a pretty one 

I see you've gone and changed your name again 

And just when I climbed this whole mountainside 

To wash my eyelids in the rain 

Oh, so long, Marianne 

It's time that we began to laugh 

And cry and cry and laugh about it all again