©Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson, released on Ten New Songs (2001)
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I fought against the bottle,
But I had to do it drunk
Took my diamond to the pawnshop
But that don't make it junk.
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I know that I'm forgiven,
But I don't know how I know
I don't trust my inner feelings
Inner feelings come and go.
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How come you called me here tonight?
How come you bother
With my heart at all?
You raise me up in grace,
Then you put me in a place,
Where I must fall.
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Too late to fix another drink
The lights are going out
I'll listen to the darkness sing
I know what that's about.
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I tried to love you my way,
But I couldn't make it hold.
So I closed the Book of Longing
And I do what I am told.
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How come you called me here tonight?
How come you bother with my heart at all?
You raise me up in grace,
Then you put me in a place,
Where I must fall.
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I fought against the bottle,
But I had to do it drunk
Took my diamond to the pawnshop
But that don't make it junk.
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