So Long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

So Long, Marianne

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So Long, Marianne was released on December 27, 1967 by Columbia/Legacy as a part of the album Songs Of Leonard Cohen

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Leonard Cohen

Guitar

John Simon

Music Director

Nancy Priddy

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Leonard Cohen

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

John Simon

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

Now, so long, Marianne

It's time that we began

To laugh and cry

And cry and laugh about it all again

[Verse 3]

Well, you know that 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

[Verse 4]

Now, so long, Marianne

It's time that we began

To laugh and cry

And cry and laugh about it all again

[Verse 5]

We met when we were almost young

Deep in the green lilac park

You held on to me like I was a crucifix

As we went kneeling through the dark

[Verse 6]

Oh, so long, Marianne

It's time that we began

To laugh and cry

And cry and laugh about it all again

[Verse 7]

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

Then why do I feel alone?

I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider-web

Is fastening my ankle to a stone

[Verse 8]

Now, so long, Marianne

It's time that we began

To laugh and cry

And cry and laugh about it all again

[Verse 9]

For 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

[Verse 10]

Oh, so long, Marianne

It's time that we began

To laugh and cry

And cry and laugh about it all again

[Verse 11]

Oh, 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

[Verse 12]

Oh, so long, Marianne

It's time that we began

To laugh and cry

And cry and laugh about it all again

Written by: Leonard Norman Cohen

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