Re: Post-election blues |
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Thanks for sharing such a wonderful song. How apropos. - Jeff Marcello wrote: >“There will be more calamities, more death, more despair. Not the slightest indication of a change anywhere. The cancer of our time is eating us away. Our heroes have killed themselves, or are killing themselves. ” > > >― Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer > > >Everybody Knows >by the late, Leonard Cohen > >Everybody knows that the dice are loaded >Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed >Everybody knows the war is over >Everybody knows the good guys lost >Everybody knows the fight was fixed >The poor stay poor, the rich get rich >That's how it goes >Everybody knows > >Everybody knows that the boat is leaking >Everybody knows that the captain lied >Everybody got this broken feeling >Like their father or their dog just died >Everybody talking to their pockets >Everybody wants a box of chocolates >And a long-stem rose >Everybody knows > >Everybody knows that you love me baby >Everybody knows that you really do >Everybody knows that you've been faithful >Ah, give or take a night or two >Everybody knows you've been discreet >But there were so many people you just had to meet >Without your clothes >And everybody knows > >Everybody knows, everybody knows >That's how it goes >Everybody knows > >Everybody knows, everybody knows >That's how it goes >Everybody knows > >And everybody knows that it's now or never >Everybody knows that it's me or you >And everybody knows that you live forever >Ah, when you've done a line or two >Everybody knows the deal is rotten >Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton >For your ribbons and bows >And everybody knows > >And everybody knows that the Plague is coming >Everybody knows that it's moving fast >Everybody knows that the naked man and woman >Are just a shining artifact of the past >Everybody knows the scene is dead >But there's gonna be a meter on your bed >That will disclose >What everybody knows > >And everybody knows that you're in trouble >Everybody knows what you've been through >From the bloody cross on top of Calvary >To the beach of Malibu >Everybody knows it's coming apart >Take one last look at this Sacred Heart >Before it blows >And everybody knows > >Everybody knows, everybody knows >That's how it goes >Everybody knows > >Everybody knows, everybody knows >That's how it goes >Everybody knows > >Everybody knows, everybody knows >That's how it goes >Everybody knows > >Everybody knows > >Written by Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson • Copyright © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group > > >Listen to song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lin-a2lTelg --------------------- |
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