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Leonard Cohen – Dead Song (1961) | Track profile | Dork

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The Spice-Box of Earth
Dead Song

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Dead Song

Release date: 1961

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"Dead Song" is a track by Leonard Cohen, from the album The Spice-Box of Earth, released 1961. Full lyrics are available below.

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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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From The Spice-Box of Earth

1961

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