Leonard Cohen - The stanger song
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The Stranger
Leonard Cohen
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Intro: Em
It's trCue that all the mBben you knCew were dGealers
Who said they were through with dDealing
Every time you gave them shEmelter
I knDow that kind of man
It's hard to hEmold the hand of anyone
Who is rDeaching for the sky just to surrEmender
Who is rDeaching for the sky just to surrEmender
And then swCeeping up the jBbokers thCat he lGeft behind
You find he did not leDave you very much
Not even lEmaughter
Like Dany dealer he was watching fEmor the card
That is so high and wDild
He'll never need to deal anEmother
He was jDust some Joseph looking for a mEmanger
He was jDust some Joseph looking for a mEmanger
And then lCeaning on your wBbindow sCill
He'll sGay one day you caused his will
To wDeaken with your love and warmth and shEmelter
And then tDaking from his wallet
An old schEmedule of trains, he'll say
I tDold you when I came I was a strEmanger
I tDold you when I came I was a strEmanger
But nCow another strBbanger sCeems
To wGant you to ignore his dreams
As thDough they were the burden of some Emother
O you've sDeen that man before
His golden Emarm dispatching cards
But now it's rDusted from the elbow to the fEminger
And he wDants to trade the game he plays for shEmelter
Yes he wDants to trade the game he knows for shEmelter
Ah you hCate to watch anBbother tCired mGan
Lay down his hGand
Like he was gDiving up the holy game of pEmoker
And whDile he talks his dreams to sleep
You nEmotice there's a highway
That is cDurling up like smoke above his shEmoulder
It's cDurling just like smoke above his shEmoulder
You tCell him to come Bbin sit dCown
But sGomething makes you turn around
The dDoor is open you can't close your shEmelter
You trDy the handle of the road
It Emopens do not be afraid
It's yoDu my love, you who are the strEmanger
It's yoDu my love, you who are the strEmanger
Well, CI've been waiting, BbI was sCure
We'd mGeet between the trains we're waiting fDor
I think it's time to board anEmother
Please Dunderstand, I never had a sEmecret chart
To get me to the hDeart of this
Or any other mEmatter
When he tDalks like this you don't know what he's Emafter
When he spDeaks like this, you don't know what he's Emafter
Let's mCeet tomorrow Bbif you chCoose
UpGon the shore, beneath the bridge
That thDey are building on some endless rEmiver
Then he lDeaves the platform
For the sleeping cEmar that's warm
You realize, he's Donly advertising on more shEmelter
And it cDomes to you, he never was a strEmanger
And you sDay okay the bridge or someplace lEmater
And then swCeeping up the jBbokers thCat he lGeft behind
You find he did not lDeave you very much
Not even lEmaughter
Like Dany dealer he was watching fEmor the card
That is so high and wDild
He'll never need to deal anEmother
He was jDust some Joseph looking for a mEmanger
He was jDust some Joseph looking for a mEmanger
And lCeaning on your wBbindow sCill
He'll sGay one day you caused his will
To wDeaken with your love and warmth and shEmelter
And then tDaking from his wallet
An old schEmedule of trains
He'll say, I tDold you when I came I was a strEmanger
I tDold you when I came I was a strEmanger
I tDold you when I came I was a strEmanger
I tDold you when I came I was a strEmanger...
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