[00:00.000][Intro]
[00:05.174]"The guys go off now and, um, we do a couple songs. I haven't done this one on the whole tour, so, um... it could be a disaster, so, you know, if I forget the words, just scream 'em. Okay. I know how you feel, lads. I need bigger hands. That's tough."
[01:00.579]It's four in the morning, the end of December
[01:05.759]I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
[01:11.807]New York is cold, but i like where i'm living
[01:17.676]There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
[01:25.234]I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
[01:35.979]You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record, yes
[01:46.366]And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
[01:54.412]She said that you gave it to her
[02:00.159]That night that you planned to go clear
[02:09.420]Did you ever go clear?
[02:13.204]Last time we saw you you looked so much older
[02:19.305]Your famous blue raincoat torn at the shoulder
[02:24.809]Been to the station to meet every train
[02:30.107]And you came home without Lili Marlene
[02:36.777]You treated my woman to a flake of your life
[02:47.795]And when she came back she was nobody's wife
[02:57.839]Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
[03:05.870]Just one more thin gypsy thief
[03:12.955]I see Jane's awake now
[03:20.618]She sends her regards
[03:46.219]And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
[03:52.164]What can I possibly say?
[03:56.996]I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
[04:03.306]I'm glad you stood in my way
[04:09.216]If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
[04:21.051]Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
[04:29.419]Well, thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
[04:40.902]I thought it was there for good so I never tried
[04:53.618]Jane came by with a lock of your hair
[05:01.270]She said that you gave it to her
[05:07.532]That night that you planned to go clear
[05:14.874]Sincerely, Leonard Cohen