©Leonard Cohen, released on Recent Songs (1979)
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One by one, the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The open-hearted many
The broken-hearted few
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And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh love I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Oh ... I need you now
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And those who dance, begin to dance
Those who weep begin
And "Welcome, welcome" cries a voice
"Let all my guests come in."
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And no one knows where the night is going ...
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And all go stumbling through that house
in lonely secrecy
Saying "Do reveal yourself"
or "Why has thou forsaken me?"
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And no one knows where the night is going ...
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All at once the torches flare
The inner door flies open
One by one they enter there
In every style of passion
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And no one knows where the night is going ...
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And here they take their sweet repast
While house and grounds dissolve
And one by one the guests are cast
Beyond the garden wall
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And no one knows where the night is going ...
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Those who dance, begin to dance
Those who weep begin
Those who earnestly are lost
Are lost and lost again
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And no one knows where the night is going ...
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One by one the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The broken-hearted many
The open-hearted few
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And no one knows where the night is going ...
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