HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL, SOULFUL LADY!!!!!
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The legendary Leonard Cohen - a notorious perfectionist
SONG LYRICS
Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
If you want a lover,
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner
Take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger
Here I stand…
I'm your man.
If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
I'll examine every inch of you J
If you want a driver
Climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride
You know you can…
I'm your man.
Ah, the moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep,
I've been running through these promises to you
That I made and I could not keep,
Ah but a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And I'd claw at your heart
And I'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please, please!
I'm your man
And if you've got to sleep
A moment on the road
I will steer for you
And if you want to work the street alone
I'll disappear for you
If you want a father for your child
Or only want to walk with me a while
Across the sand
I'm your man.
If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you...
Leonard Cohen - So Long Marianne
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.
Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
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.
Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
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.
Oh so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
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…
Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
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.
Oh so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
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!
Oh so long, Marianne, it's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.
Bill Withers - Use Me
Lyrics:
My friends...
Feel its their appointed duty
They keep tryin' to tell me
All ya want to do is use me
Ahhuh but my answer! Ahuh
They know, to all that use me stuff
Aye.ay.ay
Yes, I wanna spread the news
That if it feels this good gettin' used
Oh ya just keep on usin me
Until ya use me up
Until ya use me up
My brother!!
Sit me right down and he talk to me
Ahhuh he told me yahuhuh
That I ought not to let you just walk on me
And I'm sure he meant well..huhuh
Yeah, but when our talk was thru
Aye.ay.ay
I said brother
If ya only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes
Ya just keep on usin' me
Until ya use me up
Until ya use me up
Ahhuh..some time!
It's true ya really do abuse me
Ahh..ya git me in a crowd a high class people.ahhahuh
And then ya act real rude to me
Ahhuh..but oh Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby!
When ya love me I can't get enough!
Ahhuh, and I wanna spread the news
That if it feels this good gettin' used
Oh ya just keep on usin' me ...
Until ya use me up
Ah...Until ya use me up
Talkin' 'bout you use in me but
It all depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you usin' me
Cuz I sure am usin' you to do the things you do.
Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
Lyrics:
Now there was a time when they used to say
That behind every great man there had to be a great woman.
But in these times of change you know that it's no longer true
So we're comin' out of the kitchen
'Cause there's something we foryot to say to you
we say:
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Standin' on their own two feet an ringin' on their own bells.
Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
Now this is a song to celebrate
The conscious liberation of the female state.
Mothers
daughters and their daughters
too
Woman to woman
we're singing with you.
The inferior sex has got a new exterior
We got doctors
lawyers
politicians
too.
Everybody
take a look around -
Can you see
can you see
can you see there's a woman right next to you.
We say: Sisters are doin' it for themselves
. . .
Now we ain't makin' stories and we ain't layin' plans
'Cause a man still loves a woman and a woman still loves a man -
Just the same though -
Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
Now there was a time when they used to say . . .
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
. . .
Sisters are doin' it for themselves!
. . .
Now there was a time when they used to say
That behind every great man there had to be a great woman.
But in these times of change you know that it's no longer true
So we're comin' out of the kitchen
'Cause there's something we foryot to say to you
we say:
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Standin' on their own two feet an ringin' on their own bells.
Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
Now this is a song to celebrate
The conscious liberation of the female state.
Mothers
daughters and their daughters
too
Woman to woman
we're singing with you.
The inferior sex has got a new exterior
We got doctors
lawyers
politicians
too.
Everybody
take a look around -
Can you see
can you see
can you see there's a woman right next to you.
We say: Sisters are doin' it for themselves
. . .
Now we ain't makin' stories and we ain't layin' plans
'Cause a man still loves a woman and a woman still loves a man -
Just the same though -
Sisters are doin' it for themselves.
Now there was a time when they used to say . . .
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
. . .
Sisters are doin' it for themselves!
. . .
Aretha Franklin - Respect!
Lyrics:
What you want (hooo) baby I got it
What you need (hooo) you know I got it
(Hooo) all I'm asking (hooo) is for a little respect
( Just a little bit) when you come home
(Just a little bit) hey baby ( Just little bit)
When you come home ( Just a Little Bit) Mister
I ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone
I ain't gonna do you wrong 'cause I don't wanna
All I'm asking is for a little respect when you come home
(Just a Little Bit) Baby ( Just a little bit )
When you come home ( Just a little Bit) Yeah
I'm about to give you all my money
And all I'm asking in return honey
Is to give me my propers when you get home
(Justa Justa Justa) Yeah baby when you get home
( Just a little Bit ) Yeah ( Just a little bit )
Hooo your kisses sweeter than honey and guess what so is my money
All I want you to do for me is give it to me whn you get home
( Re re re re spect) Yeah baby whip it to me
( Just a little bit) when you get home now ( Just a little bit)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Take care, TCB ohhhh (Sock it to me...)
A little respect oh yeah ( Just a little bit)
A little respect ( Just a little Bit)
What you want (hooo) baby I got it
What you need (hooo) you know I got it
(Hooo) all I'm asking (hooo) is for a little respect
( Just a little bit) when you come home
(Just a little bit) hey baby ( Just little bit)
When you come home ( Just a Little Bit) Mister
I ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone
I ain't gonna do you wrong 'cause I don't wanna
All I'm asking is for a little respect when you come home
(Just a Little Bit) Baby ( Just a little bit )
When you come home ( Just a little Bit) Yeah
I'm about to give you all my money
And all I'm asking in return honey
Is to give me my propers when you get home
(Justa Justa Justa) Yeah baby when you get home
( Just a little Bit ) Yeah ( Just a little bit )
Hooo your kisses sweeter than honey and guess what so is my money
All I want you to do for me is give it to me whn you get home
( Re re re re spect) Yeah baby whip it to me
( Just a little bit) when you get home now ( Just a little bit)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Take care, TCB ohhhh (Sock it to me...)
A little respect oh yeah ( Just a little bit)
A little respect ( Just a little Bit)
B.B. King - At Last
Lyrics:
At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
At last
The sky above is blue
My heart was wrapped in clover
The night I looked at you
I found a dream
That I could speak to
A dream that I
Can call my own
I found a thrill
To press my cheek to
A thrill that I
Have never ever known
You, you smiled
And then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine at last
I found a dream
I found a dream
That I could speak to, baby
A dream that I
Can definitely call my own
I found a thrill
I found a thrill
To press my cheek to
To press my cheek to
A thrill that I
Have never ever known
You smiled
You smiled, baby
And then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
Yeah, yeah, yeah
For you are mine
At last
You are mine at last
At last
You're mine, baby.
x o x o x o
Annie Lennox - Why
Lyrics:
How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I`m sorry for the things I`ve done
But when I start to try to tell you
That`s when you have to tell me
Hey... this kind of trouble`s only just begun
I tell myself too many times
Why don`t you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut
That`s why it hurts so bad to hear the words
That keep on falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Tell me...
Why
Why
I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be viciously unkind
But I can still read what you`re thinking
And I`ve heard it said too many times
That you`d be better off
Besides...
Why can`t you see this boat is sinking
(this boat is sinking this boat is sinking)
Let`s go down to the water`s edge
we can cast away those doubts
Some things are better left unsaid
But they still turn me inside out
Turning inside out turning inside out
Tell me...
Why
Tell me...
Why
This is the book I never read
These are the words I never said
This is the path I`ll never tread
These are the dreams I`ll dream instead
This is the joy that`s seldom spread
These are the tears...
The tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread
These are the contents of my head
And these are the years that we have spent
And this is what they represent
And this is how I feel
Do you know how I feel
`cause i don`t think you know how I feel
I don`t think you know what I feel
I don`t think you know what I fear
You don`t know what I fear...
How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I`m sorry for the things I`ve done
But when I start to try to tell you
That`s when you have to tell me
Hey... this kind of trouble`s only just begun
I tell myself too many times
Why don`t you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut
That`s why it hurts so bad to hear the words
That keep on falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Tell me...
Why
Why
I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be viciously unkind
But I can still read what you`re thinking
And I`ve heard it said too many times
That you`d be better off
Besides...
Why can`t you see this boat is sinking
(this boat is sinking this boat is sinking)
Let`s go down to the water`s edge
we can cast away those doubts
Some things are better left unsaid
But they still turn me inside out
Turning inside out turning inside out
Tell me...
Why
Tell me...
Why
This is the book I never read
These are the words I never said
This is the path I`ll never tread
These are the dreams I`ll dream instead
This is the joy that`s seldom spread
These are the tears...
The tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread
These are the contents of my head
And these are the years that we have spent
And this is what they represent
And this is how I feel
Do you know how I feel
`cause i don`t think you know how I feel
I don`t think you know what I feel
I don`t think you know what I fear
You don`t know what I fear...
Sources:
http://www.bluesforpeace.com/lyrics/respect.htm
http://lyrics-keeper.com/en/bill-withers/use-me.html
