Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen"Famous Blue Raincoat" is a song by Leonard Cohen, released in 1971 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:49 long and contains 56 lines and 282 words.
0:25It's four in the morning
0:28The end of December
0:33I'm writing you now
0:34Just to see if you're better
0:38New York is cold
0:40But I like where I'm living
0:43There's music on Clinton street
0:47All through the evening
0:51I hear that you're building
0:54Your little house
0:57Deep in the desert
1:03You're living for nothing now
1:07I hope you're keeping
1:09Some kind of record
1:12Yes and Jane came
1:17By with a lock of your hair
1:22She said that you gave it to her
1:28That night that you
1:30Planned to go clear
1:39Did you ever go clear
1:44Ah the last time we saw you
1:47You looked so much older
1:50Your famous blue raincoat
1:53Was torn at the shoulder
1:56You'd been to the station
1:59To meet every train
2:01And you came home
2:05Without Lili Marlene
2:08And you treated my woman
2:14To a flake of your life
2:22And when she came back
2:27She was nobody's wife
2:31Well I see you there
2:36With the rose in your teeth
2:42One more thin gypsy thief
2:48Well I see Jane's awake
2:57She sends her regards
3:14And what can I tell you
3:18My brother my killer
3:22What can I possibly say
3:26I guess that I miss you
3:30I guess I forgive you
3:33I'm glad you stood in my way
3:39If you ever come by here
3:45For Jane or for me
3:51Well your enemy is sleeping
3:56And his woman is free
4:00Yes and thanks for the trouble
4:06You took from her eyes
4:11I thought it was there for good
4:17So I never tried
4:24And Jane came by
4:28With a lock of your hair
4:33She said that you gave it to her
4:39That night that you planned to go clear
4:49Sincerely L Cohen
It's four in the morning The end of December I'm writing you now Just to see if you're better New York is cold But I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton street All through the evening I hear that you're building Your little house Deep in the desert You're living for nothing now I hope you're keeping Some kind of record Yes and Jane came By with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you Planned to go clear Did you ever go clear Ah the last time we saw you You looked so much older Your famous blue raincoat Was torn at the shoulder You'd been to the station To meet every train And you came home Without Lili Marlene And you treated my woman To a flake of your life And when she came back She was nobody's wife Well I see you there With the rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief Well I see Jane's awake She sends her regards And what can I tell you My brother my killer What can I possibly say I guess that I miss you I guess I forgive you I'm glad you stood in my way If you ever come by here For Jane or for me Well your enemy is sleeping And his woman is free Yes and thanks for the trouble You took from her eyes I thought it was there for good So I never tried And Jane came by With a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear Sincerely L Cohen
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