More brilliant Leonard Cohen lyrics

[wandacookie]

"Like a bird on the wire

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[clyde_crashcup]

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
He said to me, you must not ask for so much.
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
She cried to me, hey, why not ask for more?

I.. that.. that's...

That, there. I get that.

[wandacookie]

The man was brilliant, I think... as mesmerizing as Vonnegut.

[clyde_crashcup]

Agreed.

Only Vonnegut needed to alternately laugh at or ignore absurdity, like it was a petulant child and Cohen just to strip it naked until it hid in shame.