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I Tried to Leave You Lyrics
I tried to leave you, I don't deny
I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times.
I'd wake up every morning by your side.
The years go by, you lose your pride.
The baby's crying, so you do not go outside,
and all your work it's right before your eyes.
Goodnight, my darling, I hope you're satisfied,
the bed is kind of narrow, but my arms are open wide.
And here's a man still working for your smile.
I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times.
I'd wake up every morning by your side.
The baby's crying, so you do not go outside,
and all your work it's right before your eyes.
the bed is kind of narrow, but my arms are open wide.
And here's a man still working for your smile.
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Submitted by
hosimosi On Mar 20, 2002
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It's a song translated by Graeme Allwright. Originally written in french.
I've written many songs of parting. Don't wanna feel that I'm leaving you anywhere that I'm not going. Anyhow, this is a song of staying. It's one of those delirious songs of monotony called marriage. This is a song written out of my old age, my middle-age, my wrinkles, my weakness, and my failures called "Je voulais te quitter" (I Tried To Leave You")
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well, not about leaving. i'ts about staying
So many of Leonard Cohen's songs have the wrong lyrics, as in the wrong song is listed.