It's coming through a hole in the air,
From those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It's coming from the feel
That this ain't exactly real,
Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
From the sirens night and day,
From the fires of the homeless,
From the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall;
On a visionary flood of alcohol;
From the staggering account
Of the Sermon on the Mount
Which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
On the dock of the bay,
From the brave, the bold, the battered
Heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming from the sorrow in the street,
The holy places where the races meet;
From the homicidal bitchin'
That goes down in every kitchen
To determine who will serve and who will eat.
From the wells of disappointment
Where the women kneel to pray
For the grace of God in the desert here
And the desert far away:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Sail on, sail on
O mighty Ship of State!
To the Shores of Need
Past the Reefs of Greed
Through the Squalls of Hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.
It's coming to America first,
The cradle of the best and of the worst.
It's here they got the range
And the machinery for change
And it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
It's here the family's broken
And it's here the lonely say
That the heart has got to open
In a fundamental way:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming from the women and the men.
O baby, we'll be making love again.
We'll be going down so deep
The river's going to weep,
And the mountain's going to shout Amen!
It's coming like the tidal flood
Beneath the lunar sway,
I'mperial, mysterious,
In amorous array:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Sail on, sail on ...
I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
I love the country but I can't stand the scene.
And I'm neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight,
Getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
That Time cannot decay,
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
This little wild bouquet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
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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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