Nightingale lyrics
Artist | Leonard Cohen |
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Album(s) | Dear Heather |
Lyrics
Dedicated to carl anderson (1945-2004)
Words and music by leonard cohen and anjani thomas
I built my house beside the wood
So I could hear you singing
And it was sweet and it was good
And love was all beginning
Fare thee well my nightingale
'Twas long ago I found you
Now all your songs of beauty fail
The forest closes 'round you
The sun goes down behind a veil
'Tis now that you would call me
So rest in peace my nightingale
Beneath your branch of holly
Fare thee well my nightingale
I lived but to be near you
Tho' you are singing somewhere still
I can no longer hear you
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