"I began this on Aylmer Street in Montreal and finished it a year or so later at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. I didn't think I was saying goodbye, but I guess I was." (Leonard Cohen)

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#. Come [A]over to the window, my little [Bm]darling,
[D]I'd like to try to read your [A]palm.
[G]I used to think I was some kind of [D]Gypsy boy,
[F#m]before I let you take me [E]home.[Esus4]

R: [E,E7]Now[A] so long, Marianne,
[F#m] it's time that we began
to [E]laugh [Esus4]and [E]cry [E7]and [E]cry [Esus4/E]and
[E]laugh a[E7]bout it all[A] again.[Asus4,A,Asus4,A]

#. Well you know that I love to live with you,
but you make me forget so very much.
I forget to pray for the angels
and then the angels forget to pray for us.

R: Now so long, Marianne...

#. We met when we were almost young
deep in the green lilac park.
You held on to me like I was a crucifix,
as we went kneeling through the dark.

R: Oh so long, Marianne...

#. Your letters they all say that you're beside me now.
Then why do I feel alone?
I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
is fastening my ankle to a stone.

R: Now so long, Marianne...

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#. For now I need your hidden love.
I'm cold as a new razor blade.
You left when I told you I was curious,
I never said that I was brave.

R: Oh so long, Marianne...

#. Oh, you are really such a pretty one.
I see you've gone and changed your name again.
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside,
to wash my eyelids in the rain!

R: Oh so long, Marianne...

(last two verses not on CD)

#. Oh your eyes, well I forgot Your eyes
Your body's at home in every sea.
How come you gave away your news to everyone
That you said was a secret for me.

R: Oh so long, Marianne...

#. If you leave, where will I keep you then
In my heart as some men say
But I who was born to love everyone
Why should I keep you so far away?

R: Oh so long, Marianne...