By the Rivers Dark

by Leonard Cohen

From the album: Ten New Songs

Track 6 of 10 on Ten New Songs (2001).

Duration: 05:20

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Lyrics for By the Rivers Dark

I said I'd be your lover You laughed at what I said I lost my job forever I was counted with the dead I swept the marble chambers But you sent me down below You kept me from believing Until you let me know That I am not the one who loves It's love that seizes me When hatred with his package comes You forbid delivery And when the hunger for your touch Rises from the hunger You whisper, "You have loved enough Now let me be the lover" And when the hunger for your touch Rises from the hunger You whisper, "You have loved enough Now let me be the lover" Ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah I swept the marble chambers But you sent me down below You kept me from believing Until you let me know That I am not the one who loves No, it's love that chooses me When hatred with his package comes You forbid delivery And when the hunger for your touch Rises from the hunger You whisper, "You have loved enough Now let me be the lover" And when the hunger for your touch Rises from the hunger You whisper, "You have loved enough Now let me be the lover" And when the hunger for your touch Rises from the hunger

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