Leonard Cohen

Released: November 13, 1977

Songwriter: Leonard Cohen Phil Spector

Producer: Phil Spector

[Verse]
I was born in a beauty salon
My father was a dresser of hair
My mother was a girl you could call on
When you called she was always there

When you called she was always there
When you called she was always there
When you called she was always there
When you called she was always there

[Chorus]
Ah but don't go home with your hard-on
It will only drive you insane
You can't shake it or break it with your Motown
You can't melt it down in the rain

You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain

[Verse]
I've looked behind all of these faces
That smile you down to your knees
And the lips that say, Come on, taste us
And when you try to they make you say Please

When you try to they make you say Please
When you try to they make you say Please
When you try to they make you say Please
When you try to they make you say Please

[Chorus]
Ah but don't go home with your hard-on
It will only drive you insane
You can't shake it or break it with your Motown
You can't melt it down in the rain

You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain

[Verse]
Here comes your bride with her veil on
Approach her, you wretch, if you dare
Approach her, you ape with your tail on
Once you have her she'll always be there

Once you have her she'll always be there
Once you have her she'll always be there
Once you have her she'll always be there
Once you have her she'll always be there

[Chorus]
Ah but don't go home with your hard-on
It will only drive you insane
You can't shake it or break it with your Motown
You can't melt it down in the rain

You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain

[Verse]
So I work in that same beauty salon
I'm chained to the old masquerade
The lipstick, the shadow, and the silicone
I follow my father's trade

Yes I follow my father's trade
I follow my father's trade
I follow my father's trade
I follow my father's trade

[Chorus]
Ah but don't go home with your hard-on
It will only drive you insane
You can't shake it or break it with your Motown
You can't melt it down in the rain

You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain

Leonard Cohen (21 September 1934 – 7 November 2016) was a Canadian poet, singer-songwriter, and novelist. He earned the highest accolades in his craft, was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Order of Canada, and even received a Princess of Asturias Award for literature. He’s written two novels and volumes of poetry and didn’t even record his first album until he was in his 30’s. He has always had a cult following, but really broke into the mainstream with his hit “Hallelujah,” a song that’s been recorded in many languages by almost 200 hundred different artists! In 1994 he took a five year hiatus from art and sequestered himself in a Los Angeles monastery. Manager and close family friend Kelley Lynch had mismanaged his assets, drained his accounts, and squandered millions of dollars. Though he was awarded $9 million dollars in damages, Kelley Lynch ignored the subpoena and he never received the sum. In 2012 she was sentenced to 18 months in prison for violating a protective order that forbade her to contact him. His music has been featured in dozens of films and television shows.

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Death of a Ladies’ Man (1977)

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