Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song (Official Audio)

Leonard Cohen - Tower Of Song (Official Audio)
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Lyrics:
Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day
In the Tower of Song
I said to Hank Williams, ''How lonely does it get?''
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
But I hear him coughing all night long
Oh, a hundred floors above me
In the Tower of Song
I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond
They tied me to this table right here
In the Tower of Song
So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all
I'm standing by the window
Where the light is strong
Ah they don't let a woman kill you
Not in the Tower of Song
Now you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
And there's a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong
You see, you hear these funny voices
In the Tower of Song
I see you standing on the other side
I don't know how the river got so wide
I loved you baby, way back when
And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed
But I feel so close to everything that we lost
We'll never, we'll never have to lose it again
Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back
There moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone
I'll be speaking to you sweetly
From a window
In the Tower of Song
Yeah my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day
In the Tower of Song

[@retroaudiomumbai3045]

10 years ago I found a Leonard Cohen audio cassette in my dad's walkman which was put away... My life wouldn't be the same if I had not pressed the play button...... One day wish to just sit on the porch of the house where he lived in Montreal... Im from India..

[@tamarapetrov4990]

The very first CD I bought as a teenager was a Leonard Cohen one. My father had been playing his music (records and cassettes) to me from a very young age. When hear that music coming from my room, and realised I'd saved up money to buy THAT CD... I dont think I've ever seen him look prouder. Leonard has pretty much been a soundtrack to my life, and defined much of it... I'm not surprised his music changed yours

[@retroaudiomumbai3045]

@@tamarapetrov4990 you are lucky to have your dad around during your growing up days... I was away from my dad for much of my childhood... And got very little.face time with him... But i did learn alot from.him.. the Cohen I found long after he was gone.... But now I play him on the TV and have my 2 year old daughter around... She tries to sing and it's very funny when she says "first we take Manhattan"....

[@Ashir_karuna_daya]

My first love made me listen to "famous blue raincoat" some 8 years ago, she is not with me anymore but Leonard is..! From Kerala, India.. 🖤

[@youmaus]

When I was a photographer in Montreal my studio loft was in the building that had his favourite hangout in the basement Nuit Magique. I talked to him on more than a few occasions. I remember him testing lines from a poem he was working on with the people at the table "And there were mensuration stains on my daughter's first communion dress the night I joined the Communist Party"

[@GoldenL8mp]

In Nirvana's song Pennyroyal Tea Kurt Cobain sings the line, "give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld..." That's how I discovered Leonard and this was the first song I listened to.

[@lesa.f.615]

Born with the Gift of a Golden Voice------------------------Right you are Mr Cohen.

[@HedgieWorld]

I ache in the places where I used to play! Brilliant lyrics.

[@lesa.f.615]

@@HedgieWorld "my friends are gone and my hair is gray.... "

[@denisalie1082]

In his fifties, Mr Cohen reinvented himself with a little keyboard... and his talent, immense...

[@briansponberg6709]

my mom turned me on to this in the 80s...she lost her mind to alzhimers,but this song makes me fell like she is here in Maui ,giving me a HUGE HUG!!!!

[@maryglass3658]

She is!! I got a hug, too.

[@bobofwinnipeg9455]

Suzanne was my first Cohen song. He was awesome 😎

[@CSEsteban]

4 years have passed since your depart. You kept your promise and I still listen to your music every day, thank you.

[@joebrowne9217]

Ironic that len left us the same day Turnip got elected.....

[@neiltucker9773]

Some songs you just cant help coming back to.

[@jorgeduarte8021]

Heavy metal guy here but this is food for the thought. I love this melody.

[@eileenjordan1121]

Also, when he took his hat off at the live performance in London and smiled. Wow. His smile and energy. Goes straight to your heart

[@marziacarrozza2505]

This song simply helps me live.

[@seeglogo1520]

Holy crap this song is gospel. I'm listening for the first time, and not familiar with Leonard Cohen outside of Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah. Okay, what a song writer my goodness. And in his own voice. 27 angels--I believe. Hallelujah, hallelujah. There is the absence of big marketing and big media here, and the truth rings out in his voice. So so glad I've discovered Leonard Cohen.

[@evelynejansen]

about time....happy days

[@joebrowne9217]

Oh you lucky barsteward....! Well maybe your youth is not wasted!

[@stephenc3504]

What do you mean big big media and marketing?

[@ninuzzo1021]

accept no copy's this is the true Tower of Song , the huskiness of heartfelt sorrow is so evident in this authentic version

[@madams6198]

I'll stand before the Lord of song with nothing on my tongue, but hallelujah

[@rachbell8915]

I love that bit too

[@HedgieWorld]

I heard this track on the radio a couple of weeks ago. I have never listened to Leonard Cohen before, but this track has me hooked.

[@chrisclermont456]

Same

[@philliphenwood2264]

Me too!

[@alessandracurti3624]

Intenso!

[@surfgreen60]

Welcome friends. Listening to Leonard is like being in on a secret.

[@jhorton4791]

That's exactly what happened to me in 1988!

[@tamarapetrov4990]

And he is still speaking to us sweetly from a window in the tower of song... and thank all holy and unholy he is, because some days his music is all that keeps me alive. Leonard was my teething ring of music (yes, my parents were REALLY strange, some of his lyrics are so inappropriate for children.... though probably no worse than current pop,... but I am so grateful for it!) May the golden voice live on forever!

[@BLAKHARTFILM]

'Suzanne', 1967. I remember when it came out and have been a fan of Leonard Cohen since then. My favourite song is 'Hallelujah'. I was so very fortunate to see him live, shortly before his death, and he keeps singing 'from the tower of song'.

[@johndrippert3289]

Still my favorite of his. Simple and complex at the same time, and that golden voice.

[@asifsaifullah1990]

Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey I ache in the places where I used to play And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get? Hank Williams hasn't answered yet But I hear him coughing all night long Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song I was born like this, I had no choice I was born with the gift of a golden voice And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all I'm standing by the window where the light is strong Ah, they don't let a woman kill you, not in the Tower of Song Now, you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor And there's a mighty judgment coming, but I may be wrong You see, you hear these funny voices in the Tower of Song I see you standing on the other side I don't know how the river got so wide I loved you baby, way back when And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed But I feel so close to everything that we lost We'll never, we'll never have to lose it again Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window in the Tower of Song Yeah, my friends are gone and my hair is gray I ache in the places where I used to play And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song.

[@goodquestion1105]

Thank fark someone posted the lyrics

[@JayAr709]

Good work.

[@jamilaqadir4523]

I'm just paying a rent everyday in a tower of sun... My fave Leonard Cohen's song. RIP...

[@elenam5130]

Love it! Leonard truly was born with a gift of a golden voice. Thank you for uploading!

[@spinningvinyl5511]

This is classic

[@kevingill648]

The music Genius known as Leonard Cohen!

[@user-rz3tp4vc8v]

Даже не зная перевода, просто слушая отдыхаешь душой, и наслаждаешься голосом, он единственный, кого слушаешь всегда!

[@wagrowieckimksoplica9065]

The first time i heard this song was in 2011 or 2012. My Grandpa always used to listen to this in his car. I have been looking for the name of this song for a very, very long time... Finally i know it ;) It remindes me beautiful memories from my childhood...

[@milesgardner2517]

Always share things like this . Old men cheat by using Cohen to talk to us

[@billgrant4825]

Yet another wonderful example of the man's genius he really deserves to get the praise he receives and more

[@musicisbrilliant]

Truly brilliant writer and artist. Forget the popular "musicians" today. Keep alive this gold. Let it live in you.

[@Jammies944]

So cool Mr Cohen❤

[@retroaudiomumbai3045]

But you'll be hearing from me baby... Long after I'm gone... Yes we are good ol' Lenny!!! We are!!

[@anthonymckeown3903]

A very soothing break-up song. Thank you Len...I think I see you up at that window. You seem far closer to Hank Williams now. Hope his coughing doesn't keep you awake.

[@brandonjerome]

Always a pleasure ☺️ Thank you Sir

[@priscillasmith3892]

Such a gentleman, trying to be risque. Glorious Man, but simply, the highest compliment you could pay him is, he's a good man.

[@TheHaldol]

Never Forget you leonard.

[@CL-we8tn]

Imo one of his best.

[@roelbezoen3474]

Heerlijke muziek

[@salikalak]

He's voice just takes me back to 89 , the first time I heard this golden voice

[@mauricioslanelagunes687]

FOR ME THE BEST SONG 🎧

[@plnbdy]

Golden voice🙏❤🦁

[@bobsmith645]

Just going to put this on repeat.

[@miguelgarciacastrillon3864]

Que recuerdos inolvidables

[@davidellis5141]

I ache in the places where I used to play ! 😂

[@manuelgonzales2944]

A very hard truth.

[@msg36093]

I play in the places you ache.

[@jencox6692]

Awesome lyric

[@Dee.K.Mikaelson]

Voice like honey . ❤️❤️❤️🔥

[@anngiles2149]

Simply The Best! ❌

[@kerryholmes5586]

A song to die to.....

[@nicksmith9630]

Thank you so much for posting this.

[@madams6198]

Loneliest place in the universe. He knew.

[@velvetsteele]

Lenny! How’s the view in the Tower of Song now that they moved you a hundred floors up above?

[@huang.zulihuang7949]

No answer yet

[@velvetsteele]

Huang.zuli Huang that’s what you think 😮😉

[@huang.zulihuang7949]

@@velvetsteele oh, No. He appeared in my dream last night and revealed it to me.

[@velvetsteele]

Huang.zuli Huang yeah he does that sometimes 🖖

[@fins59]

Looking to move a few floors down, can't sleep with all that coughing.

[@amandamallon2859]

Freaking love this man

[@d23bw]

Pure. He lives there now.

[@joeobrien196]

Wonderful song

[@charlesdavis4105]

THE ABSOLUTE BEST

[@shawnhr338]

the Devil will see me kneel.. He we smile... I will say amen and stand up proudly 🙏🍻

[@pardyhardly]

So many metaphors, so little time.

[@joshualane3585]

I really enjoy this song

[@grindupBaker]

I was also cursed with the gift of a golden voice of course.

[@georgeblae5756]

If y’all like this, look up the live version!

[@ldondedam9717]

can not out shine leonard cohen...love his music.

[@dalvinocosta4651]

Eu amo este brilhante cantor. Um DEUS da música.

[@B1N4RYGH0ST]

I love this song. I can relate to some of the stuff Leonard is singing about. Peace to all.

[@annalisavajda252]

Speaking to you sweetly from a window in the tower of song...

[@charlespage8692]

I love you Leonard. When I heard of your death I threw my phone across the room and broke down in tears. Its sad you had to go. I wish you could've been immortal, but that's not the game for us. Your songs give me cynical hope for everything.

[@2289m]

epic song

[@deecee4644]

Miss this guy.....

[@crbayliss2362]

Love Lenard cohen my father and I used to road trip to Lenard cohen.

[@8286a3]

Этот бархатный голос ... Душа как будто воспаряет над землёй... Слова и музыка и исполнение всё ласкает слух

[@StSam]

Это потому, что он еврей?

[@8286a3]

@@StSam это потому что он поёт...

[@hookywookywithmalarkyman704]

I want this played when kin are sobbing ? when i am on my way up there looking for a comfortable cloud.

[@brandonjerome]

Love you too Leonard

[@user-ns9om7yq3v]

This man was like a grandfather to me..rip

[@creusaleonardo7603]

👏👏👏

[@MrBologarcia]

LOVE

[@Ma-yb9zt]

❤

[@camiladeoliveira816]

this song was very well indicated to me and i confess i loved it makes me laugh ❤️🎼🧠🌵🌵

[@user-ns9om7yq3v]

This is why i always let the professional do it

[@user-ic9mo7bn3z]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-yj6qt5pr8g]

Голос приятный, хочу танцевать!

[@cheyennebrennan966]

Nick Cave's cover brought me here. And...yeah, they're _VERY_ different! 😂😂

[@d23bw]

Only Leonard could look cool eating a banana. Sonic balm. Thank you to the great beyonder.

[@JayAr709]

“Mighty judgment coming…” Just so.

[@user-ns9om7yq3v]

3. 2. 1

[@annadudova2243]

♥️♥️♥️🖤

[@randybackgammon890]

Sounds like seaside shuffle by Jonna Luis

[@chris55529]

I play in the places where I used to ache.

[@eileenjordan1121]

Pardyhardy. I was struck by the metaphors as well.

[@user-ns9om7yq3v]

Do dum dum. Spectrum do dum dum

[@patrickmonaghan9783]

I covered this song

[@AnnaLVajda]

You can stick your little pins in your voodoo doll very sorry baby it doesn't look like me at all.

[@diecast-innracingleague2701]

Best line of the song.

[@AnnaLVajda]

@@diecast-innracingleague2701 I like the part about asking Hank Williams too.

[@vintageseller7700]

Whos listening in 3030? Cause a dam lot of people sure will be!!

[@louisevanderlinde8590]

I agree! The rest of us will listen to him in heaven.

[@joshuachristian7727]

Notice the difference between someone who has a place vs a Jack Antonoff, that was no more than an actor.

[@joshuachristian7727]

“Babylon Is Fallen”

[@mrchow7398]

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍 See you on the other side ❤️🧡💛💚💜🤎🖤🤍

[@iamjesuschristintheflesh5866]

Sigh

[@loureed3015]

With every cigarette his voice gets b3tt3r

[@razor6552]

I guessing that Iggy Pop was a fan

[@eswarguttapalem1627]

How many of u came here because u have this song as a portion in English lesson 🤣🤣

[@darrenwessman3827]

Isn’t this lovely. 🙏✌️

[@philfletcher3434]

This is so miserable I love it, I've not heard it before but as a person who suffers with depression it appeals to me, thanks 'Laughing Lenny.

[@philippeboudry8560]

LOVE