{"id":5214,"date":"2014-09-01T14:42:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T14:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=5214"},"modified":"2020-06-02T13:56:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:56:59","slug":"leonard-cohen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=5214","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Cohen + Loreena McKennitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/poem.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/poem.html<\/a>\u2190\u2022 \u00a0 [1934-2016]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2207 \u00a0&#8216;You Want It Darker&#8217; \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0 [2016]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YD6fvzGIBfQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u25ca \u00a0Chelsea Hotel #1 \u00a0\u2193<\/strong>\u00a0 [1972]<\/p>\n<address>\u00abHere&#8217;s a new song that we&#8230; just wrote off a couple of weeks ago &#8211; takes place in the Chelsea Hotel, in New York City, and it&#8217;s for a brave woman who.. er&#8230; put an end to it al&#8230;\u00bb<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C3ut6S7Hf68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-50804\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/chelsea-hotel-nueva-york-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/chelsea-hotel-nueva-york-.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/chelsea-hotel-nueva-york--281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/chelsea-hotel-nueva-york--958x1024.jpg 958w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/chelsea-hotel-nueva-york--768x821.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/chelsea-hotel-nueva-york--140x150.jpg 140w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/chelsea-hotel-nueva-york--400x428.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel &#8211;\u00a0You were talking so brave and so sweet<br \/>Giving me head on an unmade bed &#8211;\u00a0While the limousines wait in the street.<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">And those were the reasons and that was New York.<br \/>I was running for the money and the flesh -(say it again)- I was running for the money and the flesh<br \/>That was called love, for the workers in song \u00a0and it still is for those of us left.<br \/>Oh but you got away, didn&#8217;t you baby?<br \/>Just threw it all to the ground &#8211;\u00a0You got away, they can\u2019t pay you now<br \/>For making your sweet little sound, come on<br \/>Making your sweet little sound, on the juke box<br \/>Making your sweet little sound, on the radio<br \/>Making your sweet little sound<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, in the winter of \u201867<br \/>My friends of that year, they were all getting queer<br \/>And me, I was just getting even.<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">And those were the reasons and that was New York<br \/>I was running for the money and the flesh<br \/>That was called love for the workers in song<br \/>And it still is for those of us left.<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">Ah but you got away, didn&#8217;t you baby? \u00a0You just turn your back on the pain<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">You got away on your deepest dream \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Racing the midnight train, I can see it<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">Racing the midnight train all naked \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Racing the midnight&#8230; \u00a0feet on the ground<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">Racing the midnight train &#8211; \u00a0we can follow you now<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">Racing the midnight train . . .<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel &#8211;\u00a0Then I went down to Tennessee<br \/>Sat by the stream &#8211; listened to nothing else but\u00a0all in my honorable dream<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">Willie York, from Biggy&#8217;s Pork, he came to talk with me<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">and we fed \u00a0[. . .] \u00a0the stream that&#8217;s still running inside<\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh but you got away, didn&#8217;t you baby?<br \/>You just threw it all to the ground<br \/>You got away, they can&#8217;t \u00a0pay you now \u00a0for<br \/>Making your sweet little sound, oh so tired . . . \u00a0Making your sweet little sound . . .<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207 \u00a0&#8216;Because Of&#8217; \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0 [\u00abDear Heather\u00bb_2004]<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wx1fNKcMBcM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D97OxHZzBeQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;The Future&#8217;\u00a0<\/a> \u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><strong>\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0&#8216;Famous Blue Raincoat&#8217;\u00a0 \u21d3<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DHqqlm9yf7M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s four in the morning, the end of December<br \/>I&#8217;m writing you now just to see if you&#8217;re better<br \/>New York is cold, but I like where I&#8217;m living<br \/>There&#8217;s music on Clinton Street all through the evening.<br \/>I hear that you&#8217;re building your little house deep in the desert<br \/>You&#8217;re living for nothing now,\u00a0 hope you&#8217;re keeping some kind of record.<br \/><br \/><strong>Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair<\/strong><br \/><strong>She said that you gave it to her<\/strong><br \/><strong>That night that you planned to go clear<\/strong><br \/>Did you ever go clear?<br \/><br \/>Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older<br \/>Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder<br \/>You&#8217;d been to the station to meet every train<br \/>But you came home alone without Lili Marlene<br \/>And you treated my woman to a flake of your life<br \/>And when she came back she was nobody&#8217;s wife.<br \/><br \/>Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth<br \/>One more thin gypsy thief<br \/>Well I see Jane&#8217;s awake &#8212;<br \/>She sends her regards.<br \/><br \/>And what can I tell you my brother, my killer<br \/>What can I possibly say?<br \/>I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you<br \/>I&#8217;m glad that you stood in my way.<br \/>If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me<br \/>Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.<br \/><br \/>Yes, and thanks\u00a0 for the trouble you took from her eyes<br \/>I thought it was there\u00a0 for good\u00a0 so I never tried.<br \/><br \/><strong>And Jane came by with a lock of your hair<\/strong><br \/><strong>She said that you gave it to her<\/strong><br \/><strong>That night that you planned to go clear<\/strong> &#8212;<br \/><br \/>Sincerely,\u00a0 \u00a0A Friend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WCtoVoE5Mm4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-52528\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/showmetheplace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/showmetheplace.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/showmetheplace-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/showmetheplace-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/showmetheplace-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/showmetheplace-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/showmetheplace-400x320.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca\u2192\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zPxwCf6JX0g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Waiting for the Miracle&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d3<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/noQcPIeW6tE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Baby, I&#8217;ve been waiting &#8211; I&#8217;ve been waiting night and day.<br \/>I didn&#8217;t see the time &#8211; I waited half my life away.<br \/>There were lots of invitations and I know you sent me some,<br \/>but I was waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I know you really loved me &#8211; but, you see, my hands were tied.<br \/>I know it must have hurt you\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 it must have hurt your pride<br \/>to have to stand beneath my window\u00a0 with your bugle and your drum,<br \/>and me I&#8217;m up there waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come.<br \/><br \/>Ah I don&#8217;t believe you&#8217;d like it &#8211; You wouldn&#8217;t like it here.<br \/>There&#8217;s not much entertainment and the critics are severe.<br \/>The Maestro says it&#8217;s Mozart but it sounds like bubble gum<br \/>when you&#8217;re waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come.<br \/><br \/>Waiting for the miracle\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 There&#8217;s nothing left to do.<br \/>I haven&#8217;t been this happy since the end of World War II.<br \/><strong>Nothing left to do when you know that you&#8217;ve been taken.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Nothing left to do when you&#8217;re begging for a crumb<\/strong><br \/><strong>Nothing left to do when you&#8217;ve got to go on waiting<\/strong><br \/><strong>waiting for the miracle to come.<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I dreamed about you, baby\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 It was just the other night.<br \/>Most of you was naked\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Ah but some of you was light.<br \/>The sands of time were falling from your fingers and your thumb,<br \/>and you were waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come<br \/><br \/>Ah baby, let&#8217;s get married\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 we&#8217;ve been alone too long.<br \/>Let&#8217;s be alone together\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Let&#8217;s see if we&#8217;re that strong.<br \/>Yeah let&#8217;s do something crazy\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 something absolutely wrong<br \/>while we&#8217;re waiting for the miracle, for the miracle to come.<br \/><br \/><strong>Nothing left to do &#8230;<\/strong><br \/><br \/>When you&#8217;ve fallen on the highway and you&#8217;re lying in the rain,<br \/>and they ask you how you&#8217;re doing &#8211; of course you&#8217;ll say you can&#8217;t complain &#8212;<br \/>If you&#8217;re squeezed for information, that&#8217;s when you&#8217;ve got to play it dumb:<br \/>You just say you&#8217;re out there waiting<br \/>for the miracle, for the miracle to come.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uQqVl7tasG0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48190 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Here-It-Is-.jpg\" alt=\"here-it-is\" width=\"265\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Here-It-Is-.jpg 265w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Here-It-Is--150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\u21d1 \u00a0<em>&#8216;&#8230;May everyone live, and may everyone die.<\/em><br \/><em> Hello, my love, and, my love, Goodbye&#8230;&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.83em;\">\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hndMDLn_Ypo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0&#8216;Everybody Knows&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d0\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h6>\u25ca\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N-wmnXF91Xo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2019Light as the Breeze\u2019 <\/a>\u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0[paintings by Gustav Klimt]<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Wh-695UNpA\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address>\u00ab&#8230; O baby I waited\u00a0so long for your kiss<br \/>for something to happen,\u00a0oh something like this &#8230;\u00bb<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MsYd08wQGiI#t=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Amen&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong> [<em>\u00abTell me again when I\u2019m clean and I\u2019m sober&#8230;\u00bb<\/em>]<\/a>\u21d0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7-0lV5qs1Qw&amp;feature=kp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34465\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/closingT.jpg\" alt=\"closingT\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/closingT.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/closingT-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address>So we&#8217;re drinking and we&#8217;re dancing\u2028<\/address><address>and the band is really happening\u2028<\/address><address>And the johnny walker wisdom running high\u2028<\/address><address>And my very sweet companion\u2028<\/address><address>She\u2019s the angel of compassion\u2028<\/address><address>And she\u2019s rubbing half the world against her thigh\u2028<\/address><address>And every drinker &#8211; every dancer\u2028<\/address><address>lifts a happy face to thank her\u2028<\/address><address>And the fiddler fiddles something so sublime\u2028<\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address><strong>All the women tear their blouses off\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>The men they dance on the polka-dots\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>And it&#8217;s partner found and partner lost\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>And it&#8217;s hell to pay when the fiddler stops\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>It&#8217;s closing time\u2028. . .<\/strong><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address>We&#8217;re lonely, we&#8217;re romantic \u2028and the cider&#8217;s laced with acid\u2028<\/address><address>And the holy spirit&#8217;s crying, wheres the beef? \u2028<\/address><address>And the moon is swimming naked\u2028<\/address><address>And the summer night is fragrant \u2028with a mighty expectation of relief\u2028<\/address><address>So we struggle and we stagger\u2028 down the snakes and up the ladder\u2028<\/address><address>To the tower where the blessed hours chime\u2028<\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address><strong>And I swear it happened just like this\u2028: a<\/strong><strong>\u00a0sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>The gates of love they budged an inch\u2028 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>I cant say much has happened since\u2028 . . . \u00a0<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>But closing time \u2028\u2028. . .<\/strong><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address>I loved you for your beauty\u2028 but that doesn&#8217;t make a fool of me\u2028<\/address><address>You were in it for your beauty too<\/address><address>I loved you for your body\u2028 &#8211;\u00a0There&#8217;s a voice that sounds like God to me<\/address><address>Declaring &#8230; declaring \u00a0. . . that your body&#8217;s really you\u2028<\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address><strong>And I loved you when our love was blessed\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>and I love you now there\u2019s nothing left\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>but sorrow and a sense of overtime\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>And I miss you since the place got wrecked\u2028 <\/strong><\/address><address><strong>and I just don&#8217;t care what happens next<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>Looks like freedom but it feels like death\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>It&#8217;s something in between, \u00a0<\/strong><strong>I guess\u2028, \u00a0it&#8217;s closing time\u2028\u2028 . . .<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>Yeah, I miss you since the place got wrecked\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><address><strong>by the winds of change and the weeds of sex\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>and looks like freedom but it feels like death\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>It&#8217;s something in between, \u00a0<\/strong><strong>I guess\u2028, \u00a0it&#8217;s closing time\u2028\u2028 . . .<\/strong><\/address><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address>We&#8217;re drinking and we&#8217;re dancing\u2028 &#8211;\u00a0But there&#8217;s nothing really happening\u2028<\/address><address>The place is dead as heaven on a Saturday night\u2028<\/address><address>And my very close companion\u2028 gets me fumbling, gets me laughing\u2028<\/address><address>She&#8217;s a hundred but she&#8217;s wearing\u2028 something tight\u2028<\/address><address>I lift my glass to the awful truth\u2028 which you cant reveal to the ears of youth\u2028<\/address><address>Except to say it isn&#8217;t worth a dime\u2028<\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address><strong>And the whole dam place goes crazy twice\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>And it&#8217;s once for the devil and it&#8217;s once for Christ\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>But the boss don&#8217;t like these dizzy heights\u2028<\/strong><\/address><address><strong>We&#8217;re busted in the blinding lights \u2028of closing time . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=szYrXzEi0cg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Almost Like the Blues&#8217; <\/a>\u21d0[\u00abPopular Problems\u00bb_2014]<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N3HbrfV0hJM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46851\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Nevermind.jpg\" alt=\"Nevermind\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Nevermind.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Nevermind-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The war was lost &#8211;\u00a0The treaty signed<br \/>I was not caught \u00a0across the line<br \/>I was not caught\u00a0Tho many tried<br \/>I live among you, \u00a0well-disguised<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I had to leave \u00a0my life behind<br \/>I dug some graves \u00a0you&#8217;ll never find<br \/>The story&#8217;s told \u00a0with facts and lies<br \/>I have a name \u00a0but never mind<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Never mind &#8211;\u00a0Never mind<\/strong><br \/><strong>The war was lost &#8211;\u00a0The treaty signed<\/strong><br \/><strong>There&#8217;s Truth that lives and Truth that dies<\/strong><br \/><strong>I don&#8217;t know which\u00a0So never mind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43694\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Arabic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"28\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Your victory \u00a0was so complete<br \/>Some among you \u00a0thought to keep<br \/>A record of \u00a0our little lives<br \/>The clothes we wore \u00a0our spoons our knives<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The games of luck \u00a0our soldiers played<br \/>The stones we cut, \u00a0The songs we made<br \/>Our law of peace \u00a0 which understands<br \/>A husband leads, \u00a0A wife commands<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And all of this &#8211; Expressions of the<br \/>Sweet indifference &#8211; Some called love<br \/>The high indifference &#8211; Some call fate<br \/>But we had names \u00a0 more intimate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Names so deep and names so true<br \/>They&#8217;re blood to me, they&#8217;re \u00a0dust to you<br \/>There is no need \u00a0 and this survives<br \/>There&#8217;s Truth that lives \u00a0and Truth that dies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Never mind &#8211;\u00a0Never mind<\/strong><br \/><strong>I had to leave my\u00a0Life behind<\/strong><br \/><strong>There&#8217;s Truth that lives and Truth that dies<\/strong><br \/><strong>I don&#8217;t know which\u00a0So never mind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43694\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Arabic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"28\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I could not kill \u00a0 the way you kill<br \/>I could not hate, \u00a0I tried, I failed<br \/>You turned me in, at least you tried<br \/>You side with them whom you despise<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This was your heart, This swarm of flies<br \/>This was once your mouth, This bowl of lies<br \/>You serve them well, I&#8217;m not surprised<br \/>You&#8217;re of their kin, \u00a0You&#8217;re of their kind<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Never mind &#8211;\u00a0Never mind<\/strong><br \/><strong>I had to leave my\u00a0Life behind<\/strong><br \/><strong> The story&#8217;s told with facts and lies<\/strong><br \/><strong> You own the world \u00a0So never mind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Never mind &#8211;\u00a0Never mind<\/strong><br \/><strong> I live the life \u00a0I left behind<\/strong><br \/><strong> I live it full &#8211;\u00a0I live it wide<\/strong><br \/><strong> Through layers of time you can&#8217;t divide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> My woman&#8217;s here &#8211;\u00a0My children too<\/strong><br \/><strong> Their graves are safe from ghosts like you<\/strong><br \/><strong> In places deep with roots entwined<\/strong><br \/><strong> I live the life\u00a0I left behind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The war was lost, The treaty signed &#8211;\u00a0I was not caught across the line<br \/>I was not caught\u00a0Tho many tried &#8211;\u00a0I live among you well-disguised<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u221e \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=54R0CzOpCTE\">&#8216;A Thousand kisses deep&#8217;<\/a> \u2193 \u00a0[poem]<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s25psiFtF0Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50805\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/1000kissesdeep.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/1000kissesdeep.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/1000kissesdeep-150x71.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Don&#8217;t matter if the road is long<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Don&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s steep<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Don&#8217;t matter if the moon is gone<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> And the darkness is complete<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Don&#8217;t matter if we lose our way<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> It&#8217;s written that we&#8217;ll meet<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> At least, that&#8217;s what I heard you say<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> A thousand kisses deep<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I loved you when you opened<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Like a lily to the heat<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> You see, I&#8217;m just another snowman<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Standing in the rain and sleet<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Who loved you with his frozen love<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> His second hand physique<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> With all he is and all he was<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> A thousand kisses deep<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I know you had to lie to me<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> I know you had to cheat<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> You learned it on your father&#8217;s knee<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> And at your mother&#8217;s feet<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> But did you have to fight your way<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Across the burning street<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> When all our vital interests lay<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> A thousand kisses deep<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I&#8217;m turning tricks<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> I&#8217;m getting fixed<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> I&#8217;m back on boogie street<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> I&#8217;d like to quit the business<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> But I&#8217;m in it, so to speak<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> The thought of you is peaceful<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> And the file on you complete<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Except what I forgot to do<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> A thousand kisses deep<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Don&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;re rich and strong<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Don&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;re weak<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Don&#8217;t matter if you write a song<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> The nightingales repeat<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Don&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s nine to five<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Or timeless and unique<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> You ditch your life to stay alive<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> A thousand kisses deep<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The ponies run<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> The girls are young<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> The odds are there to beat<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> You win a while, and then it&#8217;s done<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Your little winning streak<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> And summon now to deal with your invincible defeat<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> You live your life as if it&#8217;s real<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> A thousand kisses deep<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I hear their voices in the wine<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> That sometimes did me seek<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> The band is playing Auld Lang Syne<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> But the heart will not retreat<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> There&#8217;s no forsaking what you love<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> No existential leap<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> As witnessed here in time and blood<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> A thousand kisses deep<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VGEWQRL2sJk#t=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Simon&#8217;s <strong>Sound of Silence<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u21d0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?list=PL671D3FEA6EB5B608&amp;v=r2XkfBWSmcs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to speak poetry<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<strong>\u00a0[<\/strong><\/span>from<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><strong> \u00abDeath of a Lady&#8217;s Man\u00bb] \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00ab&#8230;The poem is nothing but information. It is the Constitution of the inner country. If you declaim it and blow it up with noble intentions then you are no better than the politicians whom you despise. You are just someone waving a flag and making the cheapest appeal to a kind of emotional patriotism. Think of the words as science, not as art. They are a report&#8230;\u00bb<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a4 \u00a0Loreena McKennitt<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JzuxAhxuz7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Marrakesh Night Market&#8217;<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 [\u00ab<em>The mask and mirror\u00bb]\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; \u00a0Loreena writes in the CD booklet about this song: March 16, 1993 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quinlanroad.com\/homepage\/index.asp?LangType=1033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9541 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/L_McK.gif\" alt=\"L_McK\" width=\"168\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/L_McK.gif 168w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/L_McK-145x150.gif 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 13px;\">Arrived tonight in Marrakesh and am staying on the edge of the market. It is Ramadan and there is heightened activity all around. I am struck by the hooded features of men as they pass through the lights and shadows: they look monk-like. Horses, carriages, cars, bicycles and thousands of people are embroiled in the activities of the night &#8230; a cacophony of sound. <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 13px;\">I retreat to a rooftop caf\u00e9 to watch while sipping mint tea &#8230; many circles of twenty or so people are scattered around the market, each involved in their own drama of music, storytelling monkeys on men&#8217;s shoulders, or cobras being coaxed to \u00abdance\u00bb on rugs; \u00abmagic\u00bb concoctions of bone, seeds, stones and spices are sold &#8230; women are veiled to a great degree &#8230; I am stuck by the sense of intrigue the environment creates; as much is concealed as is revealed &#8230;\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u00a0\u25ca \u00a0\u00a0Mummer&#8217;s Dance (Dance of wolves)\u00a0 \u21d3<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qxTpvA-pUG0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When in the springtime of the year &#8211;\u00a0When the trees are crowned with leaves<br \/>When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew are dressed in ribbons fair<br \/>When owls call the breathless moon, in the blue veil of the night<br \/>The shadows of the trees appear amidst the lantern light<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve been rambling all the night and some time of this day<\/strong><br \/><strong>Now returning back again,\u00a0we bring a garland gay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who will go down to those shady groves and summon the shadows there<br \/>And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms in the springtime of the year<br \/>The songs of birds seem to fill the wood that when the fiddler plays<br \/>All their voices can be heard long past their woodland days<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve been rambling all the night . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And so they linked their hands and danced round in circles and in rows<br \/>And so the journey of the night descends when all the shades are gone<br \/>\u00abA garland gay we bring you here and at your door we stand<br \/>It is a sprout well budded out &#8211;\u00a0The work of Our Lord&#8217;s hand\u00bb<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve been rambling all the night . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5lMbVzFtvM8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Night Ride Across the Caucasus&#8217;<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0\u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/loreenamckennitt\/nightrideacrossthecaucasus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[lyrics]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SDl5G-mxqF0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Gates of Istanbul&#8217;<\/a> \u00a0\u21d4 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/loreenamckennitt\/thegatesofistanbul.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[lyrics]<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0\u2022\u2192\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JXLMugCgOI0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;The Mystics Dream&#8217; \u21d3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CIghrxxhQYs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A clouded dream on an earthly night<br \/>Hangs upon the crescent moon<br \/>A voiceless song in an ageless light<br \/>Sings at the coming dawn<br \/>Birds in flight are calling there<br \/>Where the heart moves the stones<br \/>It&#8217;s there that my heart is longing for<br \/>All for the love of you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A painting hangs on an ivy wall<br \/>Nestled in the emerald moss<br \/>Eyes declare a truce of trust<br \/>And then it draws me far away<br \/>Where deep in the desert twilight<br \/>Sand melts in pools of the sky<br \/>Darkness lays her crimson cloak<br \/>Your lamps will call, call me home<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And so it&#8217;s there my homage&#8217;s due<br \/>Clutched by the still of the night<br \/>And now I feel, feel you move<br \/>And every breath is full<br \/>So it&#8217;s there my homage&#8217;s due<br \/>Clutched by the still of the night<br \/>Even the distance feels so near<br \/>All for the love of you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A clouded dream on an earthly night<br \/>Hangs upon the crescent moon<br \/>A voiceless song in an ageless light<br \/>Sings at the coming dawn<br \/>Birds in flight are calling there<br \/>Where the heart moves the stones<br \/>It&#8217;s there that my heart is longing for<br \/>All for the love of you<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u2207\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/loreenamckennitt\/theladyofshalott.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abThe Lady Of Shalott\u00bb\u00a0 \u21d3<\/a><\/b><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lyrics from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poem\/174626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Alfred Lord Tennyson<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s poem about a lady by the fictional name Shalott who lived at the river of an island but she is cursed: whenever she looks at herself in the mirror she sees other images instead of hers. She decides to go to the palace to solve her problems using a boat but dies in the middle of her journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/80-kp6RDl94\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u221e\u00a0 &#8216;The Bonny Swans&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JsNJuhBfbPg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/The_Bonny_Swans_re.jpg\" alt=\"The_Bonny_Swans_re\" width=\"256\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/The_Bonny_Swans_re.jpg 340w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/The_Bonny_Swans_re-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/The_Bonny_Swans_re-150x127.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A maiden gets drowned in a lake by her sister &#8230; She comes back as a <strong>swan,\u00a0<\/strong>then turns into a <strong>harp<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-28368\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/harp.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<address id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/19AdZlLYmwk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0&#8216;Incantation<\/a>&#8216;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/19AdZlLYmwk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u2190<strong>&#8216;Anlat bana, Ey Ilham, \u00a0<strong>ouzaklara ve genis topraklara \u00a0<strong>yolu dusenleri&#8217;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/address><address style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00abTell me, o Muse of those\u00a0who traveled far and wide&#8230;\u00bb<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OEBYOS0wKJo#t=48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Dark Night of The Soul&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u2194<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/loreenamckennitt\/thedarknightofthesoul.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[lyrics]<\/a><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jv5UEp4d0HQ#t=236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santiago (Dancing Gypsy)<\/a>\u2190<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u21d3 \u00a0&#8216;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iPAkR5itdVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skellig<\/a>&#8216; \u00a0\u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9zE3oAZnsuc\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.potw.org\/archive\/potw85.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;The Highwayman&#8217; <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u21d3<\/h6>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZDu4mddj6RI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-44356\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/highwayman.jpg\" alt=\"highwayman\" width=\"283\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/highwayman.jpg 283w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/highwayman-150x120.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a>Alfred Noyes<\/strong>&#8216;\u00a0poem starts out with a highwayman (that&#8217;s a robber who holds people up on the road) visiting his girlfriend Bess at her father&#8217;s inn. He&#8217;s on the move (apparently he&#8217;s got some robbing to do) so he only has time for one kiss. He promises that he&#8217;ll be back by the next night at the latest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next evening, instead of the highwayman, some British soldiers show up. These\u00a0guys are real jerks. They drink a bunch of beer, they tie up Bess, and then they wait at the windows to shoot the highwayman when he comes back. Bess is tied up with a gun at her chest, and she wriggles around until she has her finger on the trigger. Then, when she hears the highwayman&#8217;s horse, she fires the gun, and gives her life to warn him about the ambush.\u00a0The highwayman tries to get away, but it doesn&#8217;t work. He gets mowed down by the soldiers in the middle of the road, and dies in a pool of blood. Still, on certain winter nights, his ghost still rides down the highway to meet Bess.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/poem.html\u2190\u2022 [1934-2016]<\/p>\n<p> \u2207 &#8216;You Want It Darker&#8217; \u21d3 [2016] <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca Chelsea Hotel #1 \u2193 [1972]<\/p>\n<p> \u00abHere&#8217;s a new song that we&#8230; just wrote off a couple of weeks ago &#8211; takes place in the Chelsea Hotel, in New York City, and it&#8217;s for a brave woman who.. er&#8230; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":5213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[288,168],"tags":[102,235],"class_list":["post-5214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poem","category-lyrics2","tag-lyrics","tag-canucks","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5214"}],"version-history":[{"count":134,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54249,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5214\/revisions\/54249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}