Recitation by Leonard Cohen
Recitation lyrics
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 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 secondhand physique
With all he is and all he was
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 old but I�m still into that
A thousand kisses deep
I�m good at love, I�m good at hate
It�s in between I freeze
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
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
And witnessed here in time and blood
A thousand kisses deep
But 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 sweet
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 secondhand physique
With all he is and all he was
A thousand kisses deep
But you don�t need to hear me now
And every word I speak
It counts against me anyhow
A thousand kisses deep
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