Field Commander Cohen

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Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen, (September 21, 1934- November 7, 2016) CC GOQ, was a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist. His work often explored religion, isolation, sexuality, and interpersonal relationships. Cohen was inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was also a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011 Cohen received Prince of Asturias Award for literature. more »

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2011

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Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy. 
Wounded in the line of duty, 
Parachuting acid into diplomatic cocktail parties, 
Urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles. 
Leave it all and like a man, 
Come back to nothing special, 
Such as waiting rooms and ticket lines, 
Silver bullet suicides, 
And messianic ocean tides, 
And racial roller-coaster rides 
And other forms of boredom advertised as poetry. 
I know you need your sleep now, 
I know your life's been hard. 
But many men are falling, 
Where you promised to stand guard. 

I never asked but I heard you cast your lot along with the poor. 
But then I overheard your prayer, 
That you be this and nothing more 
Than just some grateful faithful woman's favorite singing millionaire, 
The patron Saint of envy and the grocer of despair, 
Working for the Yankee Dollar. 

I know you need your sleep now

Ah, lover come and lie with me, if my lover is who you are, 
And be your sweetest self awhile until I ask for more, my child. 
Then let the other selves be wrong, yeah, let them manifest and come 
Till every taste is on the tongue, 
Till love is pierced and love is hung, 
And every kind of freedom done, then oh, 
Oh my love, oh my love, oh my love, 
Oh my love, oh my love, oh my love.

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