Take This Longing
Leonard Cohen - Take This Longing
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Leonard Cohen - Take This Longing
Many men have loved the bells
you fastened to the rein,
and everyone who wanted you
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This song was written for Nico. In 1976 when Leonard perfomed it in England he said he had written it for girl who was deaf - and then said that the beauty was that all the girls are deaf! For me, his best ever song!
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Pure sex. Sad, jaded, wistful sex.
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...mal sehen, wie das Konzert in Oberhausen wird...cc
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The Song of The Day: Leonard Cohen: "Take This Longing"
by Chumani |
18 Mar 2007 | 
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