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Cam Giles D A R K E R The Songs of Leonard Cohen

by Cameron Giles

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First We Take ManHatTan 05:23
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I'm guided by a signal in the heavens I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I'd really like to live beside you, baby I love your body and your spirit and your clothes But you see that line there moving through the station? I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I don't like your fashion business mister And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin I don't like what happened to my sister First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I'd really like to live beside you, baby I love your body and your spirit and your clothes But you see that line there moving through the station? I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those And I thank you for those items that you sent me The monkey and the plywood violin I practiced every night, and now I'm ready First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin Ah remember me, I used to live for music Remember me, I brought your groceries in Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
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Ain't No Cure For Love 04:49
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I loved you for a long, long time, I know this love is real It don't matter how it all went wrong, That don't change the way I feel And I can't believe that time is, Gonna heal this wound I'm speaking of There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love I'm aching for you baby, I can't pretend I'm not I need to see you naked, In your body and your thought I've got you like a habit, And I'll never get enough There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love There ain't no cure for love, There ain't no cure for love All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky The holy books are open wide,The doctors working day and night There ain't no cure for love , There ain't no drink, no drug And There's nothing pure enough To be a cure for love I see you in the subway and I see you on the bus I see you lying down with me, I see you waking up I see your hand, I see your hair,Your bracelets and your brush And I call to you, I call to you,But I don't call soft enough There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love I walked into this empty church, I had no place else to go When the sweetest voice I ever heard whispered to my soul I don't need to be forgiven for loving you so much It's written in the scriptures,It’s written there in blood And I even heard the angels declare it from above There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love There ain't no cure for love, There ain't no cure for love All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky The holy books are open wide,The doctors working day and night There ain't no cure for love , There ain't no drink, no drug And There's nothing pure enough To be a cure for love
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Bird On A Wire 05:54
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Bird on the Wire Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Like a worm on a hook Like a knight from some old-fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee If I, if I have been unkind I hope that you can just let it go by If I, if I have been untrue I hope you know it was never to you SOLO FOR DAMON AND LANCE Like a baby, stillborn Like a beast with his horn I have torn everyone who reached out for me But I swear by this song And by all that I have done wrong I will make it all up to thee I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch He said to me, "you must not ask for so much" And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door She cried to me, "hey, why not ask for more?" Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free
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Suzanne 04:40
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Suzanne takes you down To her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night be side her And you know that she's half-crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her That you have no love to give her She gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer You've always been her lover And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that she will fine you Because you've touched her perfect body with your mind And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him He said all men will be sailors Until the sea shall free them al But he himself was broken, Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human, He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you know you'll trust him, For he's touched your perfect body with his mind Suzanne P3 Now, Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you to the river She's wearing rags and feathers From Salvation Army counters And the sun pours down like honey An our lady of the harbour And she shows you where to look Among the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed, There are children in the morning They are leaning out for love They will lean that way forever While Suzanne holds her mirror And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that she will find you, For she's touched your perfect body with her mind
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I'm Your Man 04:38
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I'm Your Man If you want a lover, I’ll do anything you ask me to And if you want another kind of love, I’ll wear a mask for you If you want a partner, take my hand, or If you want to strike me down in anger Here I stand, I’m your man If you want a boxer,I will step into the ring for you And if you want a doctor,I’ll examine every inch of you If you want a driver, climb inside, Or if you want to take me for a ride You know you can,I’m your man CHORUS Ah, the moon's too bright,The chain's too tight The beast won't go to sleep tonight I've been running through these promises to you That I made but I could not keep Ah, but a man never got a woman back Not by begging on his knees Or I'd crawl to you baby and I'd fall at your feet And I'd howl at your beauty like a dog in heat And I'd claw at your heart, and I'd tear at your sheet I'd say please - - I’m your man SOLOS FOR BOTH DAMON AND LANCE And if you've got to sleep a moment on the road, I will steer for you And if you want to work the street alone,I’ll disappear for you If you want a father for your child Or only want to walk with me a while Across the sand, I’m your man CHORUS
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A Thousand Kisses Deep 05:31
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A Thousand Kisses Deep The ponies run, the girls are young, The odds are there to beat You win a while and then it's done, Your little winning streak And summoned now to deal, With your invincible defeat You live your life as if it's real, A thousand kisses deep I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed, I’m back on boogie street You lose your grip and then you slip, Into the masterpiece And maybe I had miles to drive, And promises to keep You ditch it all to stay alive, A thousand kisses deep SOLO And sometimes when the night is slow,The wretched and the meek We gather up our hearts and go, A thousand kisses deep Confined to sex we pressed against, The limits of the sea I saw there were no oceans left, For scavengers like me I made it to the forward deck, I blessed our remnant fleet And then consented to be wrecked, A thousand kisses deep I'm turning tricks I'm getting fixed, I’m back on boogie street I guess they won't exchange the gifts, That you were meant to keep And quiet is the thought of you, The file on you complete Except what we forgot to do, A thousand kisses deep SOLO And sometimes when the night is slow, The wretched and the meek We gather up our hearts and go, A thousand kisses deep The ponies run, the girls are young, The odds are there to beat You win a while and then it's done, Your little winning streak And summoned now to deal, With your invincible defeat You live your life as if it's real, A thousand kisses deep X 3
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Anthem 04:45
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ANTHEM The birds they sang, At the break of day Start again, I heard them say Don't dwell on what, Has passed away Or what is yet to be, Yeah the wars, they will Be fought again, The holy dove, She will be caught again, Bought and sold, And bought again, The dove is never free Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in We asked for signs, The signs were sent The birth betrayed, And the marriage spent Yeah all of the widowhood, Of every government Signs for all to see I can't run no more, With that lawless crowd While the killers in high places, Say their prayers out loud But they've summoned up They've summoned up A thundercloud And they're going to hear from me CHORUS You can add up the parts,You won't have the sum You can strike up the march,There is no drum Every heart, every heart to love will come But like a refugee CHORUS
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Who By Fire 04:10
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WHO BY FIRE And who by fire, who by water Who in the sunshine, who in the night time Who by high ordeal, who by common trial Who in your merry merry month of may Who by very slow decay And who shall I say is calling? And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate Who in these realms of love, Who by something blunt Who by avalanche, who by powder Who for his greed, who for his hunger And who shall I say is calling? And who by brave assent, who by accident Who in solitude, who in this mirror Who by his lady's command, Who by his own hand Who in mortal chains, who in power And who shall I say is calling SOLO BACK TO THE FIRST VERSE - THEN END
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Treaty 03:35
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TREATY I've seen you change the water into wine I've seen you change it back to water too I sit at your table every night I try but I just don’t get high with you I wish there was a treaty we could sign I do not care who takes this bloody hill I’m angry and I’m tired all the time I wish there was a treaty I wish there was a treaty Between your love and mine They’re dancing in the street, it’s Jubilee We sold ourselves for love but now we’re free I’m sorry for the ghost I made you be Only one of us was real and that was me I haven’t said a word since you’ve been gone That any liar couldn’t say as well I just can’t believe the static coming on You were my ground, my safe and sound You were my aerial The fields are crying out, it’s Jubilee We sold ourselves for love but now we’re free I’m sorry for the ghost I made you be Only one of us was real and that was me I heard the snake was baffled by his sin He shed his scales to find the snake within But born again is born without a skin The poison enters into everything And I wish there was a treaty we could sign I do not care who takes this bloody hill I’m angry and I’m tired all the time I wish there was a treaty I wish there was a treaty Between your love and mine
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Tower Of Song 05:39
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TOWER OF SONG Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey I ache in the places where I used to play And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get? Hank Williams hasn't answered yet But I hear him coughing all night long Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song SOLO I was born like this, I had no choice I was born with the gift of a golden voice And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all I'm standing by the window where the light is strong Ah, they don't let a woman kill you, not in the Tower of Song SOLO Now, you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor And there's a mighty judgment coming, but I may be wrong You see, you hear these funny voices in the Tower of Song I see you standing on the other side I don't know how the river got so wide I loved you baby, way back when And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed But I feel so close to everything that we lost We'll never, we'll never have to lose it again Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window in the Tower of Song Yeah, my friends are gone and my hair is gray I ache in the places where I used to play And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song
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Everybody Knows 05:14
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Everybody Knows Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows that the captain lied Everybody got this broken feeling Like their father or their dog just died Everybody talking to their pockets Everybody wants a box of chocolates And a long-stem rose Everybody knows Everybody knows X 4 Everybody knows that you love me baby Everybody knows that you really do Everybody knows that you've been faithful Ah, give or take a night or two Everybody knows you've been discreet But there were so many people you just had to meet Without your clothes And everybody knows And everybody knows that it's now or never Everybody knows that it's me or you And everybody knows that you live forever Ah, when you've done a line or two Everybody knows the deal is rotten Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton For your ribbons and bows And everybody knows Everybody knows X4 And everybody knows that the Plague is coming Everybody knows that it's moving fast Everybody knows that the naked man and woman Are just a shining artefact of the past Everybody knows the scene is dead But there's gonna be a meter on your bed That will disclose What everybody knows And everybody knows that you're in trouble Everybody knows what you've been through From the bloody cross on top of Calvary To the beach of Malibu Everybody knows it's coming apart Take one last look at this Sacred Heart Before it blows And everybody knows Everybody knows X4
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My Oh My 04:37
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MY OH MY Wasn’t hard to love you Didn’t have to try Wasn’t hard to love you Didn’t have to try Held you for a little while My Oh My Oh My Drove you to the station Never asked you why Drove you to the station Never asked you why Held you for a little while My Oh My Oh My All the boys are waving Trying to catch your eye All the boys are waving Trying to catch your eye Held you for a little while My Oh My Oh My SOLO Wasn’t hard to love you Didn’t have to try Wasn’t hard to love you Didn’t have to try Held you for a little while My Oh My Oh My
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A Thousand Kisses Deeper 05:20
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* A Thousand Kisses Deep * PART 2 * You came to me this morning, and you handled me like meat. You'd have to be a man to know how good that feels, how sweet. My mirror twin, my next of kin, I'd know you in my sleep. And who but you would take me in, a thousand kisses deep? I know you had to lie to me. I know you had to cheat, To pose all hot and high, behind the veils of sheer deceit. Our perfect porn aristocrat, so elegant and cheap. I'm cool and I am still into that, a thousand kisses deep. I'm good at love, I'm good at hate It's in between I freeze. I've been working out, but, it's too late, it's been too late for years. But you look good, you really do, they love you on the street. If you were here, I'd kneel for you, a thousand kisses deep. - - - - - - - SAX SOLO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The autumn moved across your skin, Got something in my eye, A light that doesn't need to live, and doesn't need to die. A riddle in the book of love, Obscure and obsolete. To witness here in time and blood, a thousand kisses deep. And I'm still working with the wine, still dancing cheek to cheek. The band is playing Auld Lang Syne, but the heart will not retreat. I ran with Diz I sang with Ray, I never had their sweep. But once or twice they let me play, a thousand kisses deep. I loved you when you opened like a lily to the heat. You see, I'm just another snowman, standing in the rain and sleet, Who loved you with his frozen love, his second hand physique. With all he is, and all he was, A thousand kisses deep. - - - - - - - SAX SOLO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - END;
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The Letters 05:04
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THE LETTERS You never liked to get The letters that I sent But now you've got the gist Of what my letters meant You're reading them again The ones you didn't burn You press them to your lips My pages of concern I said there'd been a flood I said there's nothing left I hoped that you would come I gave you my address Your story was so long, The plot was so intense It took you years to cross The lines of selfdefense The wounded forms appear The loss, the full extent And simple kindness here The solitude of strength * end here 2nd time through * You walk into my room You stand there at my desk Begin your letter to The one who's coming next Begin your letter to The one who's coming next
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Hallelujah 06:12
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HALLELUJAH Well I've heard there was a secret chord That David played and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? Well it goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah Well your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya She tied you to her kitchen chair And she broke your throne and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah But baby I've been here before I've seen this room and I've walked this floor You know, I used to live alone before I knew ya And I've seen your flag on the marble arch And my love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken lonely Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah Well there was a time when you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show that to me, now do ya But remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah Maybe there's a God above But all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya And it's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah
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Talking 01:19
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released September 21, 2020

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Cameron Giles Melbourne, Australia

Cam Giles presents Darker - The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
New album to be released and launched in celebration of Leonard Cohen’s 86th Birthday

Cam Giles – Darker – Songs from Leonard Cohen will be released on September 21st via Sony Music and will be launched live at
Memo Music Hall October 3rd.
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