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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
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
Lyrics submitted by phaethon, edited by Shutyourmouth2, 2014, mdarabpour
Famous Blue Raincoat Lyrics as written by Leonard Cohen
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@Bohemian Pearl i can see so much likeness between Famous Blue Raincoat's message and "Amores Perros's" meassage, a film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu ( in my opinion the best movie he ever made) who is divided in three parts, each part narrates a short love story. the film begins with a love story between three individuals, two brothers and a girl. all of them live in bad conditions, not much to live, no jobs, no friends, no society, drugs, criminals etc. in fact everybody there has the same life, each one try to find a way to survive. perhaps it's not a similar case as Cohen case but they show us a story when three persons are depended from each other in different ways.t the fact is that the outsider of this relationship suffers more than anybody. he can see how badly is his relationship with his wife (but not everything u can see is true), and how much his wife suffers from his violence and his drugs. seeing this girl suffering affected him so much plus the fact that he loves her with all his heart. and than he do everything to earn money and to have a life a better life with his brother's wife.
i'm not linking Cohen or his manic-depressive brother with this two brothers but it tells so much likeness about love and how important is to love the right person, and how important is to avoid those kind of people who seems to be interested in you and that kind of thoughts (thinking that somebody loves you) that makes you give up perhaps from everything and in the end even cause you are not regret for anything you have done, even cause u try do anything, u simply aren't enough to make her happy. or in other words u just can't be together even if the whole world consist just in you and her.
and it hurts because we have there three life extinguished.