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Verse 1
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Night Comes On
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By Leonard Cohen
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I went down to the place
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where I knew she lay waiting
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Under the marble and the snow
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I said, Mother I'm frightened,
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the thunder and the lightning
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I'll never come through this alone
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She said, I'll be with you,
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my shawl wrapped around you
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My hand on your head when you go
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And the night came on, it was very calm
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I wanted the night to go on and on
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But she said, go back,
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go back to the world
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We were fighting in Egypt when they
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signed this agreement
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That nobody else had to die
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There was this terrible sound,
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my father went down
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With a terrible wound in his side
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He said, try to go on,
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take my books, take my gun
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Re member, my son, how they lied
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And the night comes on, it's very calm
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I'd like to pretend that my
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father was wrong
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But you don't want to lie,
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not to the young
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We were locked in this kitchen,
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I took to religion
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And I wondered how long she would stay
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I needed so much to have noth
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ing to touch
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I've always been greedy that way
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But my son and my daughter
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climbed out of the wa ter
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Crying, Papa, you promised to play
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And they lead me away
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to the great surprise
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It's Papa, don't peek, Papa,
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cover your eyes
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And they hide,
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they hide in the world
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Now I look for her always,
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I'm lost in this calling
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I'm tied to the threads
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of some pray er
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Saying when will she summon me,
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when will she come to me
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What must I do to prepare?
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When she bends to my longing like a willow,
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like a fountain
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She stands in the lu minous air
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And the night comes on,
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it's very calm
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I lie in her arms and says when I'm gone
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I'll be yours,
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yours for a song
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Now the crickets are singing,
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the vesper bells ringing
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The cat's curled asleep in his chair
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I'll go down to Bill's Bar,
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I can make it that far
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And I'll see if my friends are still there
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Yes, and here's to the few,
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who forgive what you do
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And the fewer who don't even care
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And the night comes on, it's very calm
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I want to cross over,
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I want to go home
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But she says, Go back,
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go back to the world
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