Heart with No Companion - Live in Amsterdam, 1988

by Leonard Cohen

From the album: Leonard Cohen Live in Concert

Track 12 of 13 on Leonard Cohen Live in Concert (1994).

Duration: 4:50

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Lyrics for Heart with No Companion - Live in Amsterdam, 1988

Now I greet you from the other side Of sorrow and despair With a love so vast and so shattered It will reach you everywhere And I sing this for the captain Whose ship has not been built For the mother in confusion Her cradle still unfilled For the heart with no companion For the soul without a king For the prima ballerina Who cannot dance to anything Through the days of shame that are coming Through the nights of wild distress Though your promise count for nothing You must keep it nonetheless You must keep it for the captain Whose ship has not been built For the mother in confusion Her cradle still unfilled For the heart with no companion For the soul without a king For the prima ballerina Who cannot dance to anything Now I greet you from the other side Of sorrow and despair Ah with a love so vast and so shattered It will reach you everywhere And I sing this for the captain Whose ship has not been built For the mother in confusion Her cradle still unfilled For the heart with no companion For the soul without a king For the prima ballerina Who cannot dance to anything

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