Take This Longing

Leonard Cohen

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1.          Many    men have loved the   bells                        you
2.          Your  body like a search-    light                         my
3.          You're hungry as an arch-    way                       through
4.         You're faithful to the better man                      I'm af-
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   fastened                 to  the     reign
   pover-                   ty  re-     vealed
   which               the troops have  passed
   raid                     that he     left
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      And ev'ry-one               who   wanted you                    they
      I would like to try        your   charity                         un-
      I stand in ruins           be-    hind you           with your winter
      So let me           judge  your   love affair           In this very
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   found    what  they         will     al-ways   want a-
   til      you cry             now     you must  try my
   clothes                 and your     broken    sandal
   room                where I have     sentenced mine to
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   gain                      Your beauty lost to you your-
   greed                     And ey'rything depends up-
   straps                    I love to see you naked over
   death                     I'll even wear these old
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   self                        just     as it was lost                to
   on                          how      near     you sleep            to
   there                       e-       specially                from the
   laurel leaves             That he's  shaken                   from his
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   them                          Oh     take this   long-ing from my
   me                          Just     take this   long-ing from my
   back                          Ah     take this   long-ing from my
   head                        Just     take this   long-ing from my
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   tongue        what-  ever    use-less things these hands have
   tongue         and   all the lone-ly  things my hands have
   tongue         and   all the lone-ly  things my hands have
   tongue        what-  ever    use-less things these hands have
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   done                    Let me see your  beauty brok-en
   done                    Let me see your  beauty brok-en
   done                    Untie for me your hired blue
   done                    Untie for me your satin bra-
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   down                        like   you would      do
   down                        like   you would      do
   gown                        like   you would      do
   sierre                      like   you would      do
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            for one you   loved.
            for one you   love.
            for one you   love.
            for one you
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   love                        like you  would  do

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            for  one you  love.