Leonard Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. His musical career has largely overshadowed his prior work as a poet and novelist, although he has continued to publish poetry sporadically after his breakthrough in the music industry. Musically, Cohen's early songs are based in folkmusic, in terms of both melody and instrumentation; from the 1970s, though, his work begins to show the influence of various types of popular and cabaretmusic. Since the 1980s he typically sings in a deep bass register, with synthesizers and female backing vocals. Cohen's songs are often emotionally heavy and lyrically complex, owing more to the metaphoric word play of poetry than to established conventions of songcraft.
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Fingerprints Lyrics
Leonard Cohen
I touched you once too often
Now I dont know who I am
My fingerprints were missing
When I wiped away the jam
I called my fingerprints all night
But they dont seem to care
The last time that I saw them
They were leafing through your hair
Chorus
Fingerprints, fingerprints
Where are you now, my fingerprints?
I thought Id leave this morning
So I emptied out your drawer
A hundred thousand fingerprints
Floated to the floor
You hardly stopped to pick them up
Yo udont care what you lose
You dont even seem to know
Whose fingerprints are whose
Chorus
And now you want to marry me
And take me down the aisle
And throw confetti fingerprints
You know thats not my style
Oh, sure, Id like to marry you
But I cant face the dawn
With any girl who knew me
When my fingerprints were on
Chorus