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It's true that all the men you knew were dealers |
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Who said they were through with dealing |
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Every time you gave them shelter |
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I know that kind of man |
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It's hard to hold the hand of anyone |
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Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender |
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Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender |
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And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind |
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You find he did not leave you very much |
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Not even laughter |
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Like any dealer he was watching for the card |
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That is so high and wild |
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He'll never need to deal another |
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He was just some Joseph looking for a manger |
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He was just some Joseph looking for a manger |
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And then leaning on your window sill |
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He'll say one day you caused his will |
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To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter |
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And then taking from his wallet |
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An old schedule of trains, he'll say |
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I told you when I came I was a stranger |
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I told you when I came I was a stranger |
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But now another stranger seems |
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To want you to ignore his dreams |
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As though they were the burden of some other |
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O you've seen that man before |
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His golden arm dispatching cards |
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But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger |
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And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter |
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Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter |
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Ah you hate to watch another tired man |
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Lay down his hand |
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Like he was giving up the holy game of poker |
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And while he talks his dreams to sleep |
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You notice there's a highway |
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That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder |
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It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder |
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You tell him to come in sit down |
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But something makes you turn around |
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The door is open you can't close your shelter |
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You try the handle of the road |
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It opens do not be afraid |
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It's you my love, you who are the stranger |
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It's you my love, you who are the stranger |
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Well, I've been waiting, I was sure |
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We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for |
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I think it's time to board another |
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Please understand, I never had a secret chart |
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To get me to the heart of this |
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Or any other matter |
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When he talks like this you don't know what he's after |
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When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after |
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Let's meet tomorrow if you choose |
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Upon the shore, beneath the bridge |
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That they are building on some endless river |
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Then he leaves the platform |
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For the sleeping car that's warm |
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You realize, he's only advertising on more shelter |
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And it comes to you, he never was a stranger |
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And you say okay the bridge or someplace later |
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind... |
Bridge: |
D Em Em C x4 |
And leaning on your window sill... |
Ending: |
Em C D Em x4 |
Leonard Cohen SuzanneEverybody KnowsI'm Your ManOne of Us Cannot Be WrongThe PartisanLover lover loverHey, That's No Way to Say GoodbyeSeems so Long Ago, NancyFirst We Take ManhattanBird on the Wire |
Undefined Red Hot Chili Peppers - This Velvet Glove Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Like Dirt AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Alanis Morissette - Not The Doctor ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me |