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Slow Lyrics
I’m slowing down the tune
I never liked it fast
You want to get there soon
I want to get there last
It’s not because I’m old
It’s not the life I led
I always liked it slow
That’s what my mama said
I’m lacing up my shoe
But I don’t want to run
I’ll get here when I do
Don’t need no starting gun
It’s not because I’m old
It’s not what dying does
I always liked it slow
Slow is in my blood
I always liked it slow
I never liked it fast
With you it’s got to go
With me it’s got to last
It’s not because I’m old
It’s not because I’m dead
I always liked it slow
That’s what my mama said
All your moves are swift
All your turns are tight
Let me catch my breath
I thought we had all night
I like to take my time
I like to linger as it flies
A weekend on your lips
A lifetime in your eyes
I always liked it slow
I never liked it fast
With you it’s got to go
With me it’s got to last
It’s not because I’m old
It’s not the life I led
I always liked it slow
That’s what my mama said
I’m slowing down the tune
I never liked it fast
You want to get there soon
I want to get there last
So baby let me go
You’re wanted back in town
In case they want to know
I’m just trying to slow it down
I never liked it fast
You want to get there soon
I want to get there last
It’s not the life I led
I always liked it slow
That’s what my mama said
But I don’t want to run
I’ll get here when I do
Don’t need no starting gun
It’s not what dying does
I always liked it slow
Slow is in my blood
I never liked it fast
With you it’s got to go
With me it’s got to last
It’s not because I’m dead
I always liked it slow
That’s what my mama said
All your turns are tight
Let me catch my breath
I thought we had all night
I like to linger as it flies
A weekend on your lips
A lifetime in your eyes
I never liked it fast
With you it’s got to go
With me it’s got to last
It’s not the life I led
I always liked it slow
That’s what my mama said
I never liked it fast
You want to get there soon
I want to get there last
You’re wanted back in town
In case they want to know
I’m just trying to slow it down
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Submitted by
vchamberlain On Sep 24, 2014
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With Leonard, trying to improve on his message by analyzing it is an exercise in futility. Nonetheless here goes: this song encapsulates Leonard Cohen’s whole life and art. It explains why he could never stay in a marriage and yet virtually every lover and ex-wife adores him. He was infinitely kind and perpetually distant. I think he was trying to be true to the message from the universe that he was somehow supposed to bring us through his words and music. Just listen to Leonard.