©Leonard Cohen, released on New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974)
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You were the promise at dawn,
I was the morning after.
You were Jesus Christ my Lord,
I was the money lender.
You were the sensitive woman,
I was the very reverend Freud.
You were the manual orgasm,
I was the dirty little boy.
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And is this what you wanted
to live in a house that is haunted
by the ghost of you and me?
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Is this what you wanted ...
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You were Marlon Brando,
I was Steve McQueen.
You were K.Y. Jelly,
I was Vaseline.
You were the father of modern medicine,
I was Mr. Clean.
You where the whore and the beast of Babylon,
I was Rin Tin Tin.
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And is this what you wanted ...
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And is this what you wanted ...
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You got old and wrinkled,
I stayed seventeen.
You lusted after so many,
I lay here with one.
You defied your solitude,
I came through alone.
You said you could never love me,
I undid your gown.
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And is this what you wanted ...
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And is this what you wanted ...
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I mean is this what you wanted ...
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That's right, is this what you wanted ...
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