Closing Time-Leonard Cohen

[ti:closing time] [ar:Leonard cohen] [al:359470] [by:] [offset:0] [00:20.19]Ah we're drinking and we're dancing [00:22.73]And the band is really happening [00:25.12]And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high [00:30.18]And my very sweet companion [00:32.62]She's the Angel of Compassion [00:35.43]She's rubbing half the world against her thigh [00:39.91]And every drinker every dancer [00:42.52]Lifts a happy face to thank her [00:45.46]The fiddler fiddles something so sublime [00:50.06]All the women tear their blouses off [00:52.93]And the men they dance on the polka-dots [00:55.45]And it's partner found it's partner lost [00:57.90]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [01:00.76]It's Closing Time [01:05.22]Yeah the women tear their blouses off [01:07.93]And the men they dance on the polka-dots [01:10.45]And it's partner found it's partner lost [01:12.97]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [01:17.89]It's Closing Time [01:27.64]Ah we're lonely we're romantic [01:30.27]And the cider's laced with acid [01:32.96]And the Holy Spirit's crying Where's the beef [01:37.47]And the moon is swimming naked [01:40.02]And the summer night is fragrant [01:42.65]With a mighty expectation of relief [01:47.57]So we struggle and we stagger [01:50.29]Down the snakes and up the ladder [01:52.74]To the tower where the blessed hours chime [01:57.83]And I swear it happened just like this [02:00.56]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [02:03.34]The Gates of Love they budged an inch [02:05.55]I can't say much has happened since [02:08.08]But Closing Time [02:13.14]I swear it happened just like this [02:15.49]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [02:18.32]The Gates of Love they budged an inch [02:20.57]I can't say much has happened since [02:28.32]Closing Time [02:38.02]I loved you for your beauty [02:40.64]But that doesn't make a fool of me [02:43.38]You were in it for your beauty too [02:48.07]And I loved you for your body [02:50.29]There's a voice that sounds like God to me [02:53.12]Declaring declaring declaring that your body's really you [03:03.16]And I loved you when our love was blessed [03:05.59]And I love you now there's nothing left [03:08.17]But sorrow and a sense of overtime [03:12.96]And I missed you since the place got wrecked [03:15.61]And I just don't care what happens next [03:18.25]Looks like freedom but it feels like death [03:20.60]It's something in between I guess [03:23.16]It's Closing Time [03:27.81]Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked [03:30.66]By the winds of change and the ***** of *** [03:33.23]Looks like freedom but it feels like death [03:35.64]It's something in between I guess [03:40.48]It's Closing Time [03:50.37]Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing [03:52.88]But there's nothing really happening [03:55.45]And the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night [04:00.16]And my very close companion [04:02.90]Gets me fumbling gets me laughing [04:05.39]She's a hundred but she's wearing [04:07.93]Something tight [04:10.77]And I lift my glass to the Awful Truth [04:13.19]Which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth [04:16.01]Except to say it isn't worth a dime [04:20.74]And the whole damn place goes crazy twice [04:23.17]And it's once for the devil and once for Christ [04:25.72]But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights [04:28.25]We're busted in the blinding lights [04:30.75]Of Closing Time [04:35.78]The whole damn place goes crazy twice [04:38.20]And it's once for the devil and once for Christ [04:40.69]But the Boss don't like these dizzy heights [04:43.25]We're busted in the blinding lights [04:48.57]Busted in the blinding lights [04:50.73]Of Closing Time [05:00.82]Oh the women tear their blouses off the men they dance on The polka-dots [05:05.97]It's Closing Time [05:10.49]And it's partner found it's partner lost [05:13.34]And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops [05:16.03]It's Closing Time [05:20.85]I swear it happened just like this [05:23.26]A sigh a cry a hungry kiss [05:25.92]It's Closing Time [05:30.91]The Gates of Love they budged an inch [05:33.28]I can't say much has happened since [05:35.90]But Closing Time [05:40.90]I loved you when our love was blessed [05:43.42]I love you now there's nothing left [05:45.80]But Closing Time [05:50.88]I miss you since the place got wrecked