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leonard cohen you want it darker, 1. you want it darker 2. treaty 3. on the level 4. leaving the table 5. if i didn’t have your love 6. traveling light 7. it seemed the better way 8. steer your way 9. string reprise / treaty produced by adam cohen,

YOU WANT IT DARKER

words by Leonard Cohen, music by Patrick Leonard If you are the dealer There’s a lover in the story Magnified and sanctified I’m out of the game But the story is still the same Be Thy Holy Name If you are the healer There’s a lullaby for suffering Vilified and crucified I’m broken and lame And a paradox to blame In the human frame If thine is the glory But it’s written in the scriptures A million candles burning Then mine must be the shame And it’s not some idle claim For the love that never came You want it darker You want it darker You want it darker We kill the flame We kill the flame We kill the flame Magnified and sanctified They’re lining up the prisoners If you are the dealer Be Thy Holy Name The guards are taking aim I’m out of the game Vilified and crucified I struggled with some demons If you are the healer In the human frame They were middle-class and tame I’m broken and lame A million candles burning Didn’t know I had permission If thine is the glory For the help that never came To murder and to maim Then mine must be the shame You want it darker You want it darker You want it darker We kill the flame We kill the flame Hineni Hineni Hineni Hineni I’m ready, my Lord Hineni Hineni I’m ready, my Lord I’m ready, my Lord,

TREATY

words and music by Leonard Cohen I seen you change the water into wine The fields are crying out – it’s Jubilee I seen you change it back to water too We sold ourselves for love but now we’re free I sit at your table every night I’m so sorry for the ghost I made you be I try but I just don’t get high with you Only one of us was real – and that was me. I wish there was a treaty we could sign I heard the snake was baffled by his sin I do not care who takes this bloody hill He shed his scales to find the snake within I’m angry and I’m tired all the time But born again is born without a skin I wish there was a treaty The poison enters into everything I wish there was a treaty Between your love and mine I wish there was a treaty we could sign I do not care who takes the bloody hill They’re dancing in the street – it’s Jubilee I’m angry and I’m tired all the time We sold ourselves for love but now we’re free I wish there was a treaty I’m so sorry for the ghost I made you be I wish there was a treaty Only one of us was real – and that was me. Between your love and mine I haven’t said a word since you’ve been gone I wish there was a treaty we could sign That any liar couldn’t say as well It’s over now, the water and the wine I just can’t believe the static coming on We were broken then, but now we’re borderline You were my ground - my safe and sound I wish there was a treaty You were my aerial I wish there was a treaty Between your love and mine,

ON THE LEVEL

words by Leonard Cohen, music by Sharon Robinson I knew that it was wrong Now I’m living in this temple I didn’t have a doubt Where they tell you what to do I was dying to get back home I’m old and I’ve had to settle And you were starting out On a different point of view I said I best be moving on I was fighting with temptation You said, we have all day But I didn’t want to win You smiled at me like I was young A man like me don’t like to see It took my breath away Temptation caving in Your crazy fragrance all around Your crazy fragrance all around Your secrets all in view Your secrets in my view My lost, my lost was saying found My lost, my lost was saying found My don’t was saying do My don’t was saying do Let’s keep it on the level Let’s keep it on the level When I walked away from you When I walked away from you I turned my back on the devil I turned my back on the devil Turned my back on the angel too Turned my back on the angel too They ought to give my heart a medal They ought to give my heart a medal For letting go of you For letting go of you When I turned my back on the devil When I turned my back on the devil Turned my back on the angel too Turned my back on the angel too,

LEAVING THE TABLE

words and music by Leonard Cohen I’m leaving the table There’s nobody missing I’m out of the game There is no reward I don’t know the people Little by little In your picture frame We’re cutting the cord If I ever loved you We’re spending the treasure It’s a crying shame That love cannot afford If I ever loved you I know you can feel it If I knew your name The sweetness restored You don’t need a lawyer I don’t need a reason I’m not making a claim For what I became You don’t need to surrender I’ve got these excuses I’m not taking aim They’re tired and lame I don’t need a lover I don’t need a pardon The wretched beast is tame There’s no one left to blame I don’t need a lover I’m leaving the table So blow out the flame I’m out of the game,

IF I DIDN’T HAVE YOUR LOVE

words by Leonard Cohen, music by Patrick Leonard If the sun would lose its light If no leaves were on the tree And we lived an endless night And no water in the sea And there was nothing left And the break of day That you could feel Had nothing to reveal That’s how it would be That’s how broken I would be What the world would seem to me What my life would seem to me If I didn’t have your love If I didn’t have your love To make it real To make it real If the stars were all unpinned If the sun would lose its light And a cold and bitter wind And we lived an endless night Swallowed up the world And there was nothing left Without a trace That you could feel Well that’s where I would be If the sea were sand alone What my life would seem to me And the flowers made of stone If I couldn’t lift the veil And no one that you hurt And see your face Could ever heal That’s how broken I would be What my life would seem to me If I didn’t have your love To make it real,

TRAVELING LIGHT

words by Leonard Cohen, music by Patrick Leonard and Adam Cohen I’m traveling light I know you’re right I guess I’m just It’s au revoir About the blues Somebody who My once so bright You live some life Has given up My fallen star You’d never choose On the me and you I’m not alone I’m running late I’m just a fool I’ve met a few They’ll close the bar A dreamer who Traveling light like I used to play Forgot to dream We used to do One mean guitar Of the me and you I am not alone But if the road I guess I’m just I’ve met a few Leads back to you Somebody who Traveling light like Must I forget Has given up We used to do The things I knew On the me and you When I was friends I’m not alone Traveling light With one or two I’ve met a few It’s au revoir Traveling light like Traveling light like My once so bright We used to do We used to do My fallen star I’m traveling light Goodnight goodnight I’m running late My fallen star They’ll close the bar I guess you’re right I used to play You always are One mean guitar,

IT SEEMED THE BETTER WAY

words by Leonard Cohen, music by Patrick Leonard It seemed the better way When first I heard him speak But now it’s much too late To turn the other cheek Sounded like the truth Seemed the better way Sounded like the truth But it’s not the truth today I wonder what it was I wonder what it meant At first he touched on love But then he touched on death I better hold my tongue I better take my place Lift this glass of blood Try to say the grace,

STEER YOUR WAY

words and music by Leonard Cohen Steer your way through the ruins Year by year of the Altar and the Mall Month by month Steer your way through the fables Day by day of Creation and The Fall Thought by thought Steer your way past the Palaces that rise above the rot They whisper still, the injured stones, Year by year the blunted mountains weep Month by month As he died to make men holy, Day by day let us die to make things cheap Thought by thought And say the Mea Culpa which you’ve probably forgot Steer your heart past the Truth Year by year you believed in yesterday Month by month Such as Fundamental Goodness Day by day and the Wisdom of the Way Thought by thought Steer your heart, precious heart, past the women whom you bought Steer your way, O my heart, Year by year tho’ I have no right to ask Month by month To the one who was never Day by day never equal to the task Thought by thought Who knows he’s been convicted, who knows he will be shot Steer your way through the pain Year by year that is far more real than you Month by month That has smashed the Cosmic Model, Day by day that has blinded every View Thought by thought And please don’t make me go there, tho’ there be a God or not, YOU WANT IT DARKER TRAVELING LIGHT words by Leonard Cohen, music by Patrick Leonard words by Leonard Cohen, music Patrick Leonard and Adam Cohen produced by Adam Cohen produced by Adam Cohen Rob Humphreys : drums Zac Rae : octaphone, mandolins, nylon string guitar, Patrick Leonard : keyboard bass, b3 organ wurlitzer, melllotrons and floor tom Neil Larsen : b3 organ Patrick Leonard : drum programing, keyboards Michael Chaves : keys Michael Chaves : drum programing choral arrangement : Roï Azoulay , Conor O’neil , Adam Cohen Mai Bloomfield : cello bass Cantor Gideon Y. Zelermyer - soloist David Davidson : violin Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue Choir Tom Hemby : bouzouki Roï Azoulay - conductor Athena Andreadis : background vocals engineers : Howard Bilerman, Bill Bottrell, Michael Chaves engineers : Bruce Gaitsch, Zac Rae, Michael Chaves mixed by Michael Chaves mixed by Michael Chaves TREATY IT SEEMED THE BETTER WAY words and music by Leonard Cohen words by Leonard Cohen, music by Patrick Leonard produced by Patrick Leonard produced by Adam Cohen Patrick Leonard : piano and all keyboards. Patrick Leonard : keys, b3 organ and percussion Sean Hurley : bass Michael Chaves : bass engineers : Florian Ammon , Michael Chaves David Davidson : violin mixed by Michael Chaves choral arrangement - Roï Azoulay, Conor O’neil, Jake Smith, Adam Cohen Cantor Gideon Y. Zelermyer : soloist ON THE LEVEL Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue Choir words by Leonard Cohen, music by Sharon Robinson Roï Azoulay - conductor produced by Adam Cohen engineers : Howard Bilerman, Bruce Gaitsch, Michael Chaves Brian Macleod : drums mixed by Michael Chaves Patrick Leonard : bass, piano, organ Bill Bottrell : electric guitar STEER YOUR WAY Dana Glover : background vocals words and music by Leonard Cohen engineers : Florian Ammon, Bill Bottrell, Michael Chaves produced by Adam Cohen mixed by Michael Chaves Rob Humphreys : drums Michael Chaves : bass LEAVING THE TABLE Dana Glover and Alison Kraus : background vocals words and music by Leonard cohen David Davidson : violin produced by Adam Cohen Patrick Leonard : percussion, Rob Humphreys : drums Adam Cohen : nylon string guitar Michael Chaves : bass Bruce Geitsch : steel string guitar Adam Cohen : nylon string guitar engineers : Bruce Gaitsch, Florian Ammon, Michael Chaves Zac Rae : guitar, mellotron, celeste, keys, piano mixed by Michael Chaves Bill Bottrell : electric guitar, pedal steel guitar engineers : Bill Bottrell, Zac Rae, Michael Chaves STRING REPRISE/TREATY mixed by Michael Chaves words and music by Leonard Cohen produced by Patrick Leonard IF I DIDN’T HAVE YOUR LOVE strings composed and conducted by Patrick Leonard words by Leonard Cohen, music by Patrick Leonard Luanne Homzy : violin 1 produced by Patrick Leonard Etienne Gara : violin 2 Patrick Leonard : drum programming, keys bass, b3 organ, piano Michelle Hassler : viola Neil Larsen : b3 organ Yoshika Masuda : cello Bill Bottrell : electric guitar engineers, Florian Ammon, Michael Chaves engineers : Florian Ammon, Bill Bottrell, Michael Chaves mixed by Michael Chaves mixed by Michael Chaves, leonard cohen you want it darker Produced by Adam Cohen Mixed by Michael “ Don Miguel” Chaves Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering, Los Angeles Management : Kory & Rice, LLP, Robert Kory and Michelle Rice Executive Assistant : Kezban Özcan Cover Photo : Adam Cohen Hummingbird image : Dianne V. Lawrence Album and booklet design : Sammy Slabbinck I want to acknowledge, with deep gratitude, the role my son Adam Cohen played in the making of You Want it Darker. Without his contribution there would be no record. At a certain point, after over a year of intense labor, both Pat Leonard and I, coincidentally, broke down with severe back injuries, and other disagreeable visitations. In my case, the situation was bleak, the discomfort acute, and the project was abandoned. Adam sensed that my recovery, if not my survival, depended on my getting back to work. He took over the project, established me in a medical chair to sing, and brought these unfinished songs to completion, preserving of course, many of Pat’s haunting musical themes. It is because of my son’s loving encouragement and skillful administration, that these songs exist in their present form. I cannot thank him enough. treaty, leaving the table, steer your way, string reprise / treaty copyright 2016 old ideas, llc (socan) you want it darker, if i didn’t have your love, it seemed the better way, copyright 2016 old ideas, llc and two word music (bmi) traveling light, copyright 2016 old ideas, llc, two word music, and like a man music, llc (ascap) on the level, copyright 2016 old ideas, llc and sharon robinson songs (ascap) all rights administred by sony / atv music publishing llc , 8 music square west, nashville, tn 37203 all rights reserved. used by permission all text , images and photographs © 2016 by old ideas, llc. all rights reserved.]

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