leonard cohen’in bir sarkisi.
sözleri:
o crown of light, o darkened one,
i never thought we’d meet.
you kiss my lips, and then it’s done:
i’m back on boogie street.
a sip of wine, a cigarette, and then it’s time to go
i tidied up the kitchenette; i tuned the old banjo.
i’m wanted at the traffic-jam. they’re saving me a seat.
i’m what i am, and what i am, is back on boogie street.
and o my love, i still recall the pleasures that we knew;
the rivers and the waterfall, wherein i bathed with you.
bewildered by your beauty there, i’d kneel to dry your feet.
by such instructions tou preapare a man for boogie street
o crown of light, o darkened one
so come my friends, be not afraid. we are so lightly here.
it is in love that we are made; in love we disappear.
though all the maps of blood and flesh are posted on the door,
there’s no one who has told us yet what boogie street is for.
o crown of light, o darkened one,
i never thought we’d meet.
you kiss my lips, and then it’s done:
i’m back on boogie street.
a sip of wine, a cigarette,
and then it’s time to go...