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9780679427292

Stranger Music

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  • ISBN13:

    9780679427292

  • ISBN10:

    0679427295

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1993-11-01
  • Publisher: Pantheon Books
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Summary

With the appearance of his first record album in 1967, Leonard Cohen - already well known in his native Canada as a poet and novelist - was introduced to audiences in the United States, where he quickly took his place among the preeminent singer/songwriters of the time. Over the years, and through the release of eight more albums, Cohen gained a reputation as a dazzlingly literate and consistently daring songwriter. His status as a cult artist grew and solidified, not only in North America but all across Europe; singers of enormously diverse styles recorded his songs; his influence could be charted in every new wave of recording artists that followed his emergence. In 1988 the release of his album I'm Your Man thrust him back into the mainstream spotlight; and his latest recording, The Future, has brought him renewed widespread acclaim as one of our most enduring poet/songwriters.
Now Stranger Music brings together, for the first time in one volume, a generous selection of Leonard Cohen's song lyrics and poetry. Stranger Music reveals the range and depth of Cohen's work. And it is a long-overdue celebration of his extraordinary gift for language that speaks with rare clarity, passion, and timelessness.

Table of Contents

Poemp. 3
Letterp. 4
Loversp. 6
Prayer for Messiahp. 7
When This American Womanp. 8
These Heroicsp. 9
Warningp. 10
The Flyp. 11
As the Mist Leaves No Scarp. 15
Beneath My Handsp. 16
I Have Not Lingered in European Monasteriesp. 18
I Long to Hold Some Ladyp. 19
Owning Everythingp. 20
Songp. 21
For Annep. 22
You Have the Loversp. 23
Song for Abraham Kleinp. 25
Song to Make Me Stillp. 26
Summer Haikup. 27
My Lady Can Sleepp. 28
Giftp. 29
I Wonder How Many People in This Cityp. 30
Travelp. 31
I Have Two Bars of Soapp. 32
The Cuckold's Songp. 33
Morning Songp. 35
The Flowers That I Left in the Groundp. 36
A Kite Is a Victimp. 38
There Are Some Menp. 39
Isaiahp. 40
What I'm Doing Herep. 45
I Wanted to Be a Doctorp. 46
The Drawer's Condition on November 28, 1961p. 47
The Invisible Troublep. 48
Opium and Hitlerp. 49
It Uses Us!p. 51
Heirloomp. 52
All There Is to Know about Adolph Eichmannp. 53
Skyp. 54
Hitlerp. 55
The Failure of a Secular Lifep. 56
Wheels, Firecloudsp. 57
The Music Crept by Usp. 58
Hydra 1960p. 59
Queen Victoria and Mep. 60
I Had It for a Momentp. 62
The Way Backp. 64
On Hearing a Name Long Unspokenp. 66
Stylep. 68
Disguisesp. 70
Cherry Orchardsp. 73
Streetcarsp. 74
Nothing I Can Losep. 75
Front Lawnp. 76
The Big Worldp. 77
The Listsp. 78
Promisep. 79
For E. J. P.p. 80
One Night I Burnedp. 85
I See You on a Greek Mattressp. 86
Snow Is Fallingp. 87
Fingerprintsp. 88
A Cross Didn't Fall on Mep. 90
Suzannep. 95
Teachersp. 97
Winter Ladyp. 99
So Long, Mariannep. 100
One of Us Cannot Be Wrongp. 102
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbyep. 104
Master Songp. 106
Sisters of Mercyp. 109
The Stranger Songp. 111
A Person Who Eats Meatp. 115
Maritap. 116
This Is for Youp. 117
The Reason I Writep. 119
You Do Not Have to Love Mep. 120
You Live Like a Godp. 121
Be with Mep. 125
What Is a Saintp. 126
A Great Feast in Quebecp. 127
Magic Is Alivep. 129
All Right, Edithp. 131
Believe Me, Edithp. 135
Story of Isaacp. 139
Lady Midnightp. 141
You Know Who I Amp. 142
Seems So Long Ago, Nancyp. 143
Bird on the Wirep. 144
Joan of Arcp. 147
Avalanchep. 149
Diamonds in the Minep. 151
Famous Blue Raincoatp. 153
Welcome to These Linesp. 157
The Only Poemp. 158
Portrait of a Girlp. 159
I Perceived the Outline of Your Breastsp. 160
The Escapep. 161
I Am Dyingp. 162
1967p. 163
Ugly in My Own Eyesp. 164
There Are No Traitorsp. 165
I Left a Womanp. 166
Invisible Tonightp. 167
Love Is a Firep. 168
You Tore Your Shirtp. 169
Threatp. 170
Dark at Four O'Clockp. 171
Far from the Soilp. 172
My Roomp. 173
The Road to Larissap. 174
I Am Punishedp. 175
Aquarian Agep. 175
The Killersp. 176
Purest of Occasionsp. 177
You Went to Workp. 178
Any Systemp. 179
One of These Daysp. 180
I Try to Keep in Touchp. 181
My Greedp. 182
Your Eyesp. 183
This Is Warp. 184
I'd Like to Readp. 185
The Poems Don't Love Us Any Morep. 186
Stayp. 187
Etiquettep. 188
A Veilp. 189
A Future Nightp. 190
Moroccop. 191
Song for My Assassinp. 192
The Wrong Manp. 193
Onep. 193
This Is My Voicep. 194
Chelsea Hotelp. 197
Take This Longingp. 199
Field Commander Cohenp. 201
There Is a Warp. 202
Is This What You Wantedp. 203
Why Don't You Tryp. 205
I Tried to Leave Youp. 206
Who by Fire?p. 207
A Singer Must Diep. 208
Memoriesp. 213
Paper-Thin Hotelp. 214
True Love Leaves No Tracesp. 216
I Left a Woman Waitingp. 217
Don't Go Home with Your Hard-Onp. 218
I Knelt Beside a Streamp. 221
The Cafep. 222
Commentary - The Cafep. 222
The Changep. 223
Commentary - The Changep. 223
Death to This Bookp. 224
Commentary - Death to This Bookp. 224
Another Roomp. 225
Commentary - Another Roomp. 226
Death of a Lady's Manp. 227
My Wife and Ip. 230
Commentary - My Wife and Ip. 230
The News You Really Hatep. 231
Commentary - The News You Really Hatep. 231
I Decidedp. 232
The Beetlep. 233
Commentary - The Beetlep. 233
The Altarp. 234
Commentary - The Altarp. 234
This Marriagep. 235
Commentary - This Marriagep. 236
Commentary II - This Marriagep. 236
The Photographp. 237
It's Probably Springp. 238
Commentary - It's Probably Springp. 239
Another Familyp. 240
The Asthmaticp. 242
Commentary - The Asthmaticp. 243
A Woman's Decisionp. 244
I Bury My Girlfriendp. 245
A Different Drump. 246
A Working Manp. 247
Commentary - A Working Manp. 248
The Unclean Startp. 249
Angelicap. 251
The Next Onep. 252
A Marvellous Womanp. 253
The Eventp. 254
You Have No Formp. 255
The Dreamp. 256
I Like the Way You Opposed Mep. 257
Beside My Sonp. 258
Commentary - Beside My Sonp. 258
She Has Given Me the Bulletp. 259
Commentary - She Has Given Me the Bulletp. 259
The Good Fightp. 260
The Dovep. 261
The Rosep. 262
Not Going Backp. 264
Montrealp. 265
French and Englishp. 266
O Wife Unmaskedp. 268
The Windowp. 269
Your Deathp. 270
Petitionsp. 272
The Rebellionp. 273
The Price of This Bookp. 274
Roship. 275
This Wretchp. 277
Hurry to Your Dinnerp. 278
Commentary - Hurry to Your Dinnerp. 279
Slowly I Married Herp. 280
The Transmissionp. 282
End of My Life in Artp. 284
Roshi Againp. 286
How to Speak Poetryp. 287
Commentary - How to Speak Poetryp. 290
The Politics of This Bookp. 291
You're Not Supposed to Be Herep. 292
Final Examinationp. 294
Commentary - Final Examinationp. 294
Came So Far for Beautyp. 297
The Windowp. 299
Our Lady of Solitudep. 301
The Gypsy Wifep. 302
The Traitorp. 304
The Guestsp. 306
Ballad of the Absent Marep. 308
I Stopped to Listenp. 313
When I Left the Kingp. 314
I Heard My Soul Singingp. 315
Sit Down, Masterp. 316
In the Eyes of Menp. 317
Blessed Are Youp. 318
You Have Sweetened Your Wordp. 319
I Draw Aside the Curtainp. 320
Friend, When You Speakp. 321
My Teacherp. 322
Israelp. 323
You Who Pour Mercy into Hellp. 325
When I Have Not Ragep. 326
We Cry Outp. 327
You Who Question Soulsp. 328
It Is All Around Mep. 329
It Is to You I Turnp. 330
Holy Is Your Namep. 331
Not Knowing Where to Gop. 332
All My Lifep. 333
I Lost My Wayp. 334
Dance Me to the End of Lovep. 337
Coming Back to Youp. 339
The Captainp. 341
If It Be Your Willp. 343
The Night Comes Onp. 345
Hallelujahp. 347
First We Take Manhattanp. 351
Take This Waltzp. 353
Ain't No Cure for Lovep. 355
I'm Your Manp. 357
I Can't Forgetp. 359
Everybody Knowsp. 361
The Tower of Songp. 363
Democracyp. 367
The Futurep. 370
Anthemp. 373
Light as the Breezep. 375
Closing Timep. 378
Waiting for the Miraclep. 380
To a Fellow Studentp. 385
Fragment from a Journalp. 386
When Even Thep. 388
Paris Modelsp. 391
On Seeing Kabir's Poems on Her Dressing Tablep. 393
My Honourp. 394
Peacep. 395
The Embracep. 396
A Deep Happinessp. 398
Every Pebblep. 399
Days of Kindnessp. 401
Index of Titlesp. 402
Index of First Linesp. 409
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