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Leonard Cohen – Banjo (2012) | Track profile | Dork

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Leonard Cohen
Old Ideas
Banjo

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Banjo

Release date: 31st January 2012

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About This Track

"Banjo" is a track by Leonard Cohen, from the album Old Ideas, released 31st January 2012. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Banjo

There's something that I'm watching

Means a lot to me (something that I'm watching)

There's something that I'm watching

Means a lot to me (something that I'm watching)

It's a broken banjo bobbing

On the dark infested sea (something that I'm watching)

It's a broken banjo bobbing

On the dark infested sea

Don't know how it got there

Maybe taken by the wave (taken by the wave)

Don't know how it got there

Probably taken by the wave (taken by the wave)

Off of someone's shoulder

Or out of someone's grave

Off of someone's shoulder

Or out of someone's grave

It's coming for me darling

No matter where I go (no matter where I go)

It's coming for me darling

No matter where I go (no matter where I go)

Its duty is to harm me

My duty is to know

Its duty is to harm me

My duty is to know

There's something that I'm watching

Means a lot to me

There's something that I'm watching

Means a lot to me

It's a broken banjo bobbing

On the dark infested sea

It's a broken banjo bobbing

On the dark infested sea

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2012

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Leonard Cohen
Producer: Dino Soldo
Engineer: Dino Soldo
Bass: Dino Soldo
Drums: Dino Soldo
Guitar: Dino Soldo
Vocals: Leonard Cohen
Background Vocals: Sharon Robinson
Cornet: Neil Larsen
Horns: Dino Soldo
Mastering Engineer: Doug Sax, Robert Hadley
Mixing Engineer: Ed Sanders, Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard
Piano: Dino Soldo
Vocal Arranger: Sharon Robinson