Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song (Official Audio)

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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

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@retroaudiomumbai3045 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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.

@briansponberg6709 9 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

She is!! I got a hug, too.

@lesa.f.615 2 ай бұрын

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

@HedgieWorld 2 ай бұрын

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

@lesa.f.615 2 ай бұрын

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

@jorgeduarte8021 3 жыл бұрын

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

@eileenjordan1121 11 ай бұрын

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

@neiltucker9773 Жыл бұрын

Some songs you just cant help coming back to.

@madams6198 3 жыл бұрын

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

@rachbell8915 Жыл бұрын

I love that bit too

@marziacarrozza2505 2 жыл бұрын

This song simply helps me live.

@CSEsteban 3 жыл бұрын

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

@joebrowne9217 Жыл бұрын

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

@tamarapetrov4990 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@denisalie1082 11 ай бұрын

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

@seeglogo1520 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

about time....happy days

@joebrowne9217 Жыл бұрын

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

@stephenc3504 2 ай бұрын

What do you mean big big media and marketing?

@johndrippert3289 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ninuzzo1021 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jamilaqadir4523 2 жыл бұрын

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

@HedgieWorld Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Same

@philliphenwood2264 Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@alessandracurti3624 11 ай бұрын

Intenso!

@surfgreen60 9 ай бұрын

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

@jhorton4791 7 ай бұрын

That's exactly what happened to me in 1988!

@BLAKHARTFILM Жыл бұрын

'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'.

@kevingill648 3 жыл бұрын

The music Genius known as Leonard Cohen!

@billgrant4825 3 жыл бұрын

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

@user-rz3tp4vc8v Жыл бұрын

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

@elenam5130 4 жыл бұрын

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

@bobofwinnipeg9455 7 ай бұрын

Suzanne was my first Cohen song. He was awesome 😎

@asifsaifullah1990 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Thank fark someone posted the lyrics

@priscillasmith3892 2 жыл бұрын

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

@wagrowieckimksoplica9065 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@anthonymckeown3903 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@retroaudiomumbai3045 3 жыл бұрын

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

@salikalak 2 жыл бұрын

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

@spinningvinyl5511 Жыл бұрын

This is classic

@brandonjerome Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure ☺️ Thank you Sir

@TheHaldol 3 жыл бұрын

Never Forget you leonard.

@mauricioslanelagunes687 2 жыл бұрын

FOR ME THE BEST SONG 🎧

@CL-we8tn Жыл бұрын

Imo one of his best.

@musicisbrilliant 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Jammies944 10 ай бұрын

So cool Mr Cohen❤

@kerryholmes5586 2 жыл бұрын

A song to die to.....

@bobsmith645 2 жыл бұрын

Just going to put this on repeat.

@Dee.K.Mikaelson Жыл бұрын

Voice like honey . ❤️❤️❤️🔥

@nicksmith9630 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this.

@ldondedam9717 2 жыл бұрын

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

@anngiles2149 Жыл бұрын

Simply The Best! ❌

@joshualane3585 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy this song

@madams6198 3 жыл бұрын

Loneliest place in the universe. He knew.

@d23bw Жыл бұрын

Pure. He lives there now.

@charlesdavis4105 2 жыл бұрын

THE ABSOLUTE BEST

@grindupBaker Жыл бұрын

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

@velvetsteele 4 жыл бұрын

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

@huang.zulihuang7949 4 жыл бұрын

No answer yet

@velvetsteele 4 жыл бұрын

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

@huang.zulihuang7949 4 жыл бұрын

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

@velvetsteele 4 жыл бұрын

Huang.zuli Huang yeah he does that sometimes 🖖

@fins59 Ай бұрын

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

@shawnhr338 Жыл бұрын

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

@plnbdy 3 ай бұрын

Golden voice🙏❤🦁

@pardyhardly 2 жыл бұрын

So many metaphors, so little time.

@amandamallon2859 2 жыл бұрын

Freaking love this man

@miguelgarciacastrillon3864 7 ай бұрын

Que recuerdos inolvidables

@joeobrien196 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful song

@davidellis5141 3 жыл бұрын

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

@manuelgonzales2944 3 жыл бұрын

A very hard truth.

@msg36093 2 жыл бұрын

I play in the places you ache.

@jencox6692 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome lyric

@dalvinocosta4651 2 жыл бұрын

Eu amo este brilhante cantor. Um DEUS da música.

@JimmyBhoy71 3 ай бұрын

Story - 1988 and am sitting on the empty beach in Brittany, France listening to this on my walkman and having a beer. Its 8pm. A French Aubrey Plaza came over to me and asked me what am listening to. I gave her the headphones. Doo doo doo doodoo doo doo. Thanks Mr Cohen.

@georgeblae5756 9 ай бұрын

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

@roelbezoen3474 Жыл бұрын

Heerlijke muziek

@B1N4RYGH0ST 2 жыл бұрын

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

@2289m 2 жыл бұрын

epic song

@deecee4644 3 жыл бұрын

Miss this guy.....

@brandonjerome 2 жыл бұрын

Love you too Leonard

@MrBologarcia 3 жыл бұрын

LOVE

@user-ns9om7yq3v Ай бұрын

This man was like a grandfather to me..rip

@annalisavajda252 3 ай бұрын

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

@creusaleonardo7603 4 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏

@charlespage8692 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Ma-yb9zt 5 ай бұрын

❤

@user-ic9mo7bn3z 6 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@camiladeoliveira816 3 жыл бұрын

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

@crbayliss2362 Жыл бұрын

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

@8286a3 4 жыл бұрын

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

@StSam 4 жыл бұрын

Это потому, что он еврей?

@8286a3 4 жыл бұрын

@@StSam это потому что он поёт...

@hookywookywithmalarkyman704 2 ай бұрын

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

@user-yj6qt5pr8g 4 жыл бұрын

Голос приятный, хочу танцевать!

@annadudova2243 4 жыл бұрын

♥️♥️♥️🖤

@user-ns9om7yq3v Ай бұрын

This is why i always let the professional do it

@cheyennebrennan966 2 жыл бұрын

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

@user-ns9om7yq3v Ай бұрын

3. 2. 1

@d23bw 6 ай бұрын

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

@chris55529 2 жыл бұрын

I play in the places where I used to ache.

@JayAr709 3 ай бұрын

“Mighty judgment coming…” Just so.

@eileenjordan1121 11 ай бұрын

Pardyhardy. I was struck by the metaphors as well.

@randybackgammon890 10 күн бұрын

Sounds like seaside shuffle by Jonna Luis

@user-ns9om7yq3v Ай бұрын

Do dum dum. Spectrum do dum dum

@AnnaLVajda 3 жыл бұрын

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

@diecast-innracingleague2701 2 жыл бұрын

Best line of the song.

@AnnaLVajda 2 жыл бұрын

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

@patrickmonaghan9783 2 жыл бұрын

I covered this song

@vintageseller7700 3 жыл бұрын

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

@louisevanderlinde8590 3 жыл бұрын

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

@joshuachristian7727 3 ай бұрын

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

@joshuachristian7727 3 ай бұрын

“Babylon Is Fallen”

@mrchow7398 3 жыл бұрын

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

@loureed3015 3 ай бұрын

With every cigarette his voice gets b3tt3r

@iamjesuschristintheflesh5866 Жыл бұрын

Sigh

@razor6552 8 ай бұрын

I guessing that Iggy Pop was a fan

@eswarguttapalem1627 3 жыл бұрын

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

@philfletcher3434 8 ай бұрын

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.

@darrenwessman3827 Жыл бұрын

Isn’t this lovely. 🙏✌️

@philippeboudry8560 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE