Closing Time - Leonard Cohen

[00:20.570]Ah we're drinking and we're dancing
[00:22.630]And the band is really happening
[00:25.450]And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
[00:30.569]And my very sweet companion
[00:31.228]She's the Angel of Compassion
[00:33.538]She's rubbing half the world against her thigh
[00:38.698]And every drinker every dancer
[00:43.880]Lifts a happy face to thank her
[00:45.418]The fiddler fiddles something so sublime
[00:48.228]All the women tear their blouses off
[00:53.798]And the men they dance on the polka-dots
[00:55.598]And it's partner found it's partner lost
[00:58.700]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
[01:01.108]It's Closing Time
[01:02.798]Yeah the women tear their blouses off
[01:08.080]And the men they dance on the polka-dots
[01:10.539]And it's partner found it's partner lost
[01:13.690]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
[01:16.800]It's Closing Time
[01:20.179]Ah we're lonely we're romantic
[01:29.638]And the cider's laced with acid
[01:32.087]And the Holy Spirit's crying Where's the beef
[01:36.048]And the moon is swimming naked
[01:40.179]And the summer night is fragrant
[01:42.398]With a mighty expectation of relief
[01:45.208]So we struggle and we stagger
[01:50.689]Down the snakes and up the ladder
[01:52.638]To the tower where the blessed hours chime
[01:55.509]And I swear it happened just like this
[02:00.558]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss
[02:03.049]The Gates of Love they budged an inch
[02:06.240]I can't say much has happened since
[02:08.110]But Closing Time
[02:09.900]I swear it happened just like this
[02:15.560]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss
[02:18.060]The Gates of Love they budged an inch
[02:21.500]I can't say much has happened since
[02:23.800]Closing Time
[02:29.120]I loved you for your beauty
[02:40.500]But that doesn't make a fool of me
[02:43.400]You were in it for your beauty too
[02:46.250]And I loved you for your body
[02:50.800]There's a voice that sounds like God to me
[02:52.800]Declaring declaring declaring that your body's really you
[03:01.160]And I loved you when our love was blessed
[03:05.900]And I love you now there's nothing left
[03:08.200]But sorrow and a sense of overtime
[03:11.150]And I missed you since the place got wrecked
[03:15.700]And I just don't care what happens next
[03:18.070]Looks like freedom but it feels like death
[03:20.629]It's something in between I guess
[03:23.129]It's Closing Time
[03:25.090]Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked
[03:31.000]By the winds of change and the ****s of ***
[03:33.300]Looks like freedom but it feels like death
[03:35.610]It's something in between I guess
[03:37.290]It's Closing Time
[03:42.470]Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing
[03:52.460]But there's nothing really happening
[03:55.200]And the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night
[03:59.000]And my very close companion
[04:02.570]Gets me fumbling gets me laughing
[04:05.060]She's a hundred but she's wearing
[04:07.560]Something tight
[04:08.900]And I lift my glass to the Awful Truth
[04:13.300]Which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth
[04:15.560]Except to say it isn't worth a dime
[04:19.500]And the whole damn place goes crazy twice
[04:23.180]And it's once for the devil and once for Christ
[04:26.040]But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights
[04:28.230]We're busted in the blinding lights
[04:30.720]Of Closing Time
[04:32.040]The whole damn place goes crazy twice
[04:38.200]And it's once for the devil and once for Christ
[04:41.100]But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights
[04:43.020]We're busted in the blinding lights
[04:45.080]Busted in the blinding lights
[04:52.630]Of Closing Time
[04:54.250]Oh the women tear their blouses off the men they dance on The polka-dots
[05:05.900]It's Closing Time
[05:07.800]And it's partner found it's partner lost
[05:13.220]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
[05:15.720]It's Closing Time
[05:18.900]I swear it happened just like this
[05:23.500]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss
[05:26.100]It's Closing Time
[05:29.600]The Gates of Love they budged an inch
[05:33.500]I can't say much has happened since
[05:35.440]But Closing Time
[05:39.500]I loved you when our love was blessed
[05:42.750]I love you now there's nothing left
[05:45.750]But Closing Time
[05:48.900]I miss you since the place got wrecked