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Dead Song Lyrics — Leonard Cohen | Dork

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Leonard Cohen
Dead Song Lyrics

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Dead Song

From The Spice-Box of Earth1961

Written by Leonard Cohen

Lyrics

Dead Song

As I lay dead In my love-soaked bed, Angels came to kiss my head. I caught one grown And wrestled her down To be my girl in death town. She will not fly. She has promised to die. What a clever corpse am I!

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About this track

"Dead Song" is a song by Leonard Cohen from the album The Spice-Box of Earth, released in 1961. The song was written by Leonard Cohen.

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