Leonard Cohen: So Long, Marianne ================================ "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) A Bm 1. Come over to the window, my little darling, D A I'd like to try to read your palm. G D I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy, F#m E Esus4 before I let you take me home. E E7 A R: Now so long, Marianne, F#m it's time that we began E Esus4 E E7 E Esus4/E to laugh and cry and cry and E E7 A Asus4 A Asus4 A laugh about it allagain. 2. 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... 3. 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... 4. 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...5. 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... 6. 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) 7. 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... 8. 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...