Leonard Cohen - Democracy

Leonard Cohen - Democracy (Official Video)
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Lyrics:
It's coming through a hole in the air
From those nights in Tiananmen Square
It's coming from the feel
That it ain't exactly real
Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there
From the war 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...
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
Oh 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
Imperial, mysterious
In amorous array
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...
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

[@heres14ya]

this is a warning: you fools

[@regulatedfreestylevideos]

bernie sanders

[@myuzicman]

Thumbs up if you're coming here because of Mr. Robot.

[@AFord1981]

"I'm stubborn as those garbage bags/That time cannot decay/I'm junk but I'm still holding up/This little wild bouquet". Absolute genius.

[@Canadas_Very_Own]

They just don’t make em like this anymore.

[@TheTopTurnchuckle]

Hello, friend

[@danutekudaba9714]

Dylan got the Nobel prize. Leonard deserved it also.

[@garrett291]

Hello, friend.

[@jonathanbyrdmusic]

Who's back for more after the American coup attempt by the Three Stooges? Thanks Leonard.

[@joebrowne9217]

I could be wrong but didn't Len die the same day Turnip get elected...?

[@hilkelieberth8620]

We urgently need this song everey hour in every radiostation all over the World !!!

[@johnk4437]

In 1980 I had the pleasure of meeting Leonard Cohen back stage at a Bread And Rose Festival, a fund raiser Mimi Farina organized to fund her pet project, bringing music behind the walls of US penitentiaries. I was 23 years old an aspiring sound and lighting engineer at that time. Leonard was bored and hanging back talking with no one..despite all the stars present... Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Taj Mahal, Robin Williams, among many many others. The event was held at the Greek Theater Berkeley CA. I found him standing there smoking, wearing a very very wrinkled dark grey silk suit just pulled from his travel case, his face severe amid gnarly 5 o'clock shadow and his dark hair long and slicked back.. a scene I shall never forget. Sharing a few words, we soon parted, and all I have now are those memories, of him, that day, and my now long gone youth. Wow !

[@archiecharny]

So appropriate to hear again at this moment in our history. ! Both a poet and a prophet. --forever remembered!

[@googleuser2874]

Leonard Cohen heals people's souls.

[@user-yu6qe5dc4z]

He may have been an alien from another galaxy. Lol! He had insights that no human has matched. He is so needed today, and So missed.

[@RaoulDukeSr]

One of Canada's most exemplary patriarchs.....of which there are so very many !

[@LlewellynKriel]

On the seventh day God rested. And, relaxed, content and in a creative mood, He made Leonard Cohen. And He said; "There! That's it. Nice!" and smiled.

[@pamelajungbeck2715]

I have a special place in my soul for Leonard Cohen's poetry and songs.

[@abbottsystems]

I've been listening to Cohen since the early 70's. He's a genius. One of a kind.

[@joebanish7517]

Being from Michigan, the line “The Brave, the Bold, the Battered Heart of Chevrolet” really rings true.