Say a prayer for the cowboy
His mare's run away
And he'll walk til he finds her
His darling, his stray
But the river's in flood
And the roads are awash
And the bridges break up
In the panic of loss.
And there's nothing to follow
There's nowhere to go
She's gone like the summer
Gone like the snow
And the crickets are breaking
His heart with their song
As the day caves in
And the night is all wrong
Did he dream, was it she
Who went galloping past
And bent down the fern
Broke open the grass
And printed the mud with
The iron and the gold
That he nailed to her feet
When he was the lord
And although she goes grazing
A minute away
He tracks her all night
He tracks her all day
Oh blind to her presence
Except to compare
His injury here
With her punishment there
Then at home on a branch
In the highest tree
A songbird sings out
So suddenly
Ah the sun is warm
And the soft winds ride
On the willow trees
By the river side
Oh the world is sweet
The world is wide
And she's there where
The light and the darkness divide
And the steam's coming off her
She's huge and she's shy
And she steps on the moon
When she paws at the sky
And she comes to his hand
But she's not really tame
She longs to be lost
He longs for the same
And she'll bolt and she'll plunge
Through the first open pass
To roll and to feed
In the sweet mountain grass
Or she'll make a break
For the high plateau
Where there's nothing above
And there's nothing below
And it's time for the burden
It's time for the whip
Will she walk through the flame
Can he shoot from the hip
So he binds himself
To the galloping mare
And she binds herself
To the rider there
And there is no space
But there's left and right
And there is no time
But there's day and night
And he leans on her neck
And he whispers low
Whither thou goest
I will go
And they turn as one
And they head for the plain
No need for the whip
Ah, no need for the rein
Now the clasp of this union
Who fastens it tight?
Who snaps it asunder
The very next night
Some say the rider
Some say the mare
Or that love's like the smoke
Beyond all repair
But my darling says
Leonard, just let it go by
That old silhouette
On the great western sky
So I pick out a tune
And they move right along
And they're gone like the smoke
And they're gone like this song.
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Other Songs Lyrics For 'Leonard Cohen'
A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes
A Bunch Of Lonesome Heros
A Partisan
A Singer Must Die
A Thousand Kisses Deep
Ain't No Cure For Love
Alexandra Leaving
Always
Anthem
Avalanche
Ballad Of The Absent Mare
Be For Real
Bird On The Wire
Bird On The Wire
Boogie Street
By The Rivers Dark
Came So Far For Beauty
Chelsea Hotel N? 2
Chelsea Hotel No. 2
Closing Time
Coming Back To You
Dance Me To The End Of Love
Death of a Ladies' Man
Democracy
Diamonds In The Mine
Don't Go Home With Your Hard-on
Dress Rehearsal Rag
Everybody Knows
Famous Blue Raincoat
Field Commander Cohen
Fingerprints
First We Take Manhattan
Hallelujah
Heart With No Companion
Here It Is
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
Humbled In Love
Hunter's Lullaby
I Came So Far For Beauty
I Can't Forget
I Left A Woman Waiting
I Tried To Leave You
I'm Your Man
If It Be Your Will
Improvisation
In My Secret Life
Iodine
Is This What You Wanted
Jazz Police
Joan Of Arc
Lady Midnight
Last Year's Man
Leaving Green Sleeves
Light As The Breeze
Love Calls You By Your Name
Love Itself
Lover Lover Lover
Master Song
Master Song
Memories
Minute Prologue
Nancy
Never Any Good
Night Comes On
One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
Our Lady Of Solitude
Paper Thin Hotel
Paper Thin Motel
Passing Through
Please Don't Pass Me By (a Disgrace)
Queen Victoria
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
Sing Another Song, Boys
Sisters of Mercy
So Long, Marianne
Stories Of The Street
Story Of Isaac
Story Of Isaac
Suzanne
Tacoma Trailer
Take This Longing
Take This Waltz
Teachers
That Don't Make It Junk
The Butcher
The Captain
The Future
The Great Event
The Guests
The Gypsy's Wife
The Land Of Plenty
The Law
The Lost Canadian
The Old Revolution
The Smokey Life
The Stranger Song
The Traitor
The Window
There Is A War
Tonight Will Be Fine
Tonight Will Be Fine
Tower Of Song
True Love Leaves No Traces
Waiting for the Miracle
Who By Fire
Why Don't You Try
Winter Lady
You Have Loved Enough
You Know Who I Am
You Know Who I Am
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