[ti:The Traitor] [ar:Leonard Cohen] [al:The Complete Studio Albums Collection] [by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:22.430] Now the swan it floated [00:24.940] On the english river [00:31.790] Ah the rose of high romance [00:36.760] It opened wide [00:41.890] A sun tanned woman yearned me [00:46.200] Through the summer [00:50.930] And the judges watched us [00:53.940] From the other side [01:00.880] I told my mother mother [01:05.190] I must leave you [01:10.300] Preserve my room [01:12.540] But do not shed a tear [01:19.600] Should rumour of a shabby [01:23.810] Ending reach you [01:28.480] It was half my fault [01:31.290] And half the atmosphere [01:38.010] But the rose I sickened [01:41.030] With a scarlet fever [01:47.390] And the swan I tempted [01:50.240] With a sense of shame [01:56.810] She said at last [01:59.280] I was her finest lover [02:06.130] And if she withered [02:08.590] I would be to blame [02:16.060] The judges said you missed it [02:20.770] By a fraction [02:25.390] Rise up and brace [02:27.690] Your troops for the attack [02:34.100] Ah the dreamers ride [02:36.820] Against the men of action [02:43.690] Oh see the men of action [02:47.830] Falling back [02:52.500] But I lingered on her thighs [02:56.300] A fatal moment [03:01.890] I kissed her lips [03:04.090] As though I thirsted still [03:10.850] My falsity had stung me [03:14.730] Like a hornet [03:19.710] The poison sank [03:21.620] And it paralysed my will [03:28.750] I could not move to warn [03:31.760] All the younger soldiers [03:37.600] That they had been [03:39.800] Deserted from above [03:46.020] So on battlefields [03:48.780] From here to barcelona [03:55.530] I'm listed with the enemies of love [04:06.870] And long ago she said [04:10.240] I must be leaving [04:16.100] Ah but keep my body here to lie upon [04:25.160] You can move it up [04:27.390] And down and when I'm sleeping [04:34.180] Run some wire through [04:36.760] That rose and wind the swan [04:43.720] So daily I renew my idle duty [04:52.730] I touch her here and there [04:56.820] I know my place [05:01.720] I kiss her open mouth [05:04.750] And I praise her beauty [05:10.680] And people call me traitor to my face