[id:$00000000] [ar:Leonard Cohen] [ti:The Night of Santiago] [by:] [hash:851b2ee18fcdd0535cd8084f30dfc29f] [al:] [sign:] [qq:] [total:255164] [offset:0] [00:00.45]Leonard Cohen - The Night of Santiago [00:01.16]Written by：Leonard Cohen [00:01.36]Composed by：Adam Cohen [00:20.00]She said she was a maiden [00:22.52]That wasn't what I heard [00:25.75]For the sake of conversation [00:28.74]I took her at her word [00:31.92]The lights went out behind us [00:34.66]The fireflies undressed [00:37.64]The broken sidewalk ended [00:40.58]I touched her sleeping breasts [00:43.46]They opened to me urgently [00:46.34]Like lilies from the dead [00:49.47]Behind a fine embroidery [00:52.25]Her nipples rose like bread [00:55.13]Then I took off my necktie [00:58.12]And she took off her dress [01:00.90]My belt and pistol set aside [01:03.73]We tore away the rest [01:08.43]The night of Santiago [01:11.01]And I was passing through [01:13.90]So I took her to the river [01:16.83]As any man would do [01:20.07]Her thighs they slipped away from me [01:22.64]Like schools of startled fish [01:26.08]Though I've forgotten half my life [01:28.65]I still remember this [01:31.69]Now as a man I won't repeat [01:34.36]The things she said aloud [01:37.80]Except for this my lips are sealed forever [01:41.64]And for now [01:43.42]And soon there's sand in every kiss [01:46.11]And soon the dawn is ready [01:49.09]And soon the night surrenders [01:51.92]To a daffodil machete [01:54.95]I gave her something pretty [01:57.78]And I waited till she laughed [02:00.97]I wasn't born a gypsy [02:03.80]To make a woman sad [02:08.55]The night of Santiago [02:10.93]And I was passing through [02:13.96]I took her to the river [02:16.89]As any man would do [02:20.17]The night of Santiago [02:22.75]And I was passing through [02:25.84]I took her to the river [02:28.48]As any man would do [02:43.45]I didn't fall in love of course [02:46.89]It's never up to you [02:49.34]But she was walking back and forth [02:51.97]And I was passing through [02:55.11]When I took her to the river [02:57.75]In her virginal apparel [03:00.94]When I took her to the river [03:03.78]On that night of Santiago [03:06.76]And yes she lied about it all [03:09.75]Her children and her husband [03:13.09]You were born to judge the world [03:15.28]Forgive me but I wasn't [03:20.18]The night of Santiago [03:22.85]And I was passing through [03:25.64]I took her to the river [03:28.67]As any man would do [03:31.75]The night of Santiago [03:34.48]And I was passing through [03:37.47]I took her to the river [03:40.25]As any man would do [03:43.44]The night of Santiago [03:46.17]And I was passing through [03:49.06]So I took her to the river [03:51.94]As any man would do [03:55.24]The night of Santiago [03:57.87]And I was passing through [04:00.70]So I took her to the river [04:03.65]As any man would do