Текст песни Cohen, Leonard - Almost Like The Blues

Leonard Cohen - Almost Like the Blues

From the album : Popular Problems (2014-09-23)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VYXECtjOos
12-bar minor blues in 

Detailed version first, compact version at the end

-/- Detailed version -/-

Leonard Cohen - Almost Like the Blues

[Intro]            

I saw some people starving
There was murder, there was rape
Their villages were burning
They were trying to escape
I couldn't meet their glances
I was staring at my shoes
It was acid, it was tragic
It was almost like the blues
[Woo-oo-ooo] It was almost like the blues

I have to die a little
Between each murderous thought
And when I'm finished thinking
I have to die a lot
There's torture and there's killing
And there's all my bad reviews
The war, the children missing
Lord, it's almost like the blues
[Woo-ooo] It's almost like the    blues

So I let my heart get frozen
To keep away the rot
My father says I'm chosen 
My mother says I'm not
I listened to their story
Of the Gypsies and the Jews
It was good,    it wasn't boring
It was almost like the blues
[   Woo-oo-oo-ooo] It was almost like the    blues

There is no -d in Heaven
And there is no Hell below
So says the great professor
Of all there is to know
But I've had the invitation
That a sinner can't refuse
And it's almost like salvation
It's almost like the blues
[Wooo-oo-oo-ooo] It's almost like the    blues
[Wooo-oo-oo-ooo] Almost like the    blues
[   Woo-oo-oo-ooo, Almost like the    blues]

-/- Compact version -/-

Leonard Cohen - Almost Like the Blues

12-bar minor blues:

I saw some people starving
There was murder, there was rape
Their villages were burning
They were trying to escape
I couldn't meet their glances
I was staring at my shoes
It was acid, it was tragic
It was almost like the blues
[Woo-oo-ooo] It was almost like the blues

I have to die a little
Between each murderous thought
And when I'm finished thinking
I have to die a lot
There's torture and there's killing
And there's all my bad reviews
The war, the children missing
Lord, it's almost like the blues
[Woo-ooo] It's almost like the blues

So I let my heart get frozen
To keep away the rot
My father says I'm chosen 
My mother says I'm not
I listened to their story
Of the Gypsies and the Jews
It was good, it wasn't boring
It was almost like the blues
[Woo-oo-oo-ooo] It was almost like the blues

There is no -d in Heaven
And there is no Hell below
So says the great professor
Of all there is to know
But I've had the invitation
That a sinner can't refuse
And it's almost like salvation
It's almost like the blues
[Woo-oo-oo-ooo] It's almost like the blues
[Woo-oo-oo-ooo] Almost like the blues
[Woo-oo-oo-ooo, Almost like the blues]

-/- End -/-

Hope you'll enjoy!
PA