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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Lady Midnight Lyrics
Leonard Cohen
I came by myself to a very crowded place;
I was looking for someone who had lines in her face.
I found her there but she was past all concern;
I asked her to hold me, I said, lady, unfold me,
But she scorned me and she told me
I was dead and I could never return.
Well, I argued all night like so many have before,
Saying, whatever you give me, I seem to need so much more.
Then she pointed at me where I kneeled on her floor,
She said, dont try to use me or slyly refuse me,
Just win me or lose me,
It is this that the darkness is for.
I cried, oh, lady midnight, I fear that you grow old,
The stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold.
If we cry now, she said, it will just be ignored.
So I walked through the morning, sweet early morning,
I could hear my lady calling,
Youve won me, youve won me, my lord,
Youve won me, youve won me, my lord,
Yes, youve won me, youve won me, my lord,
Ah, youve won me, youve won me, my lord,
Ah, youve won me, youve won me, my lord.