So Long, Marianne by Leonard Cohen

Come over to the window, my little darling

I'd like to try to read your palm

I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy

before I let you take me home

So long, Marianne
it's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh

about it all again

You know 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

We met when we were almost young

down by the green lilac park

You held on to me like I was a crucifix

as we went kneeling through the dark

Your letters they all say that you're beside me now

Then why do I feel so alone

I'm standing on this ledge and your fine spider web

is fastening my ankle to a stone

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

O 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

Your eyes, I forget your eyes

Your body is at home in every sea

How come you gave your news to everyone

when you said it was a secret just for me

So long, Marianne
it's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh
about it all again