Seems So Long Ago, Nancy - Leonard Cohen

This day feels long. It feels brief when the light is gone. When I look to my youth I never thought about the time. The thought of my day to come was the last thing upon my mind. But that was a long Time ago. My adolescent way. Feels like it was only yesterday. Learning to cast my line right off the riverbed. Feels like yesterday but it was a long time ago I said. It was a long time ago. We had a blast we had a ball. I was told man that I could have it all. I was told to watch every little thing that I go and say. Told a long long time ago but still got it with me today. It was a long time ago. It was a long time ago.

You think you're gonna make me softer with your fancy car But I can tell you all your tricks ain't gonna get you far They say that money's got a magic touch But not to me, it doesn't mean that much You won't have me tonight All right, all right, all right, all right So long, see you honey You can't buy me with your money Tracy, Daisy, they may be crazy But I'll never be your girl So long, see you honey You can't buy me with your money You know it's not worth trying So long, so long, so long You didn't have to send me flowers like you did today I wouldn't keep a thing from you, I gave them all away The girls might fall for everything you've got But I'm not one of them, you know I'm not You won't have me tonight All right, all right, all right, all right So long, see you honey You can't buy me with your money Tracy, Daisy, they may be crazy But I'll never be your girl So long, see you honey You can't buy me with your money You know it's not worth trying So long, so long, so long So long, see you honey You can't buy me with your money You know it's not worth trying So long, so long, so long So long, so long, so long So long, so long, so long

I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks I'll admit i've taken things i never should of took You can read a different story in a lot of different books But even then you won't really know How it was a long time ago Women have been my trouble since i found out they weren't men In spite of that i stopped and took a wife now and then They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in I was born with a fire down below And i learned to fly a long time ago Don't ask me about the years i spent out in the rain About the ones i spent in love or the ones i spent insane Don't ask me who i gave my seat to on that plane I think you already know I told you that a long time ago Me and ol' Willie, lordy we've been sold and bought I guess y'all heard about some kind of system that we fought We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught They tried to run us off but Willie's slow I quit running a long time ago

I could never pretend that I don't love you You could pretend that I'm your man That's exactly the way that I want it That's exactly the way that I am And you call me in the mornin' with your troubles Takin' it down town every night I could never place the stars at night above ya Got my hands in the ground and you know I'm right You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long It's a coffee stained Earth everytime it happens Laugh it up honey it ain't that bad And the afterthought rose to recongnition Like every other coffin that I had And you Buick broke down in Winamurke You fall to your knees and you pray to the Lord Make take a poke at the politicians Nothin' happends in this burnt out town anymore You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long Woah-oh Ooh-Woah-Oh Woah-oh Ooh-Woah-Oh And your heart rolls on like a frozen freight train You know that I'll help you if I can But I'm just a raindrop in the river Just a little itty-bitty grain of sand And you know that I'm doomed to repeat this With all the bad habits that I learned But it's better than your five-earned fornication And the dirty money that you've earned You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long You wait so long

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

One, two, three Why are you hanging on so tight To the rope that I'm hanging from? Off this island, this was an escape plan (this was an escape plan) Carefully timed it, so let me go And dive into the waves below Who tends the orchards? Who fixes up the gables? Emotional torture from the head of your high table Who fetches the water from the rocky mountain spring? And walk back down again to feel your words and their sharp sting And I'm getting fucking tired The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ended, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour You make me do too much labour Apologies from my tongue, and never yours Busy lapping from flowing cup and stabbing with your fork I know you're a smart man (I know you're a smart man), and weaponise The false incompetence, it's dominance under a guise If we had a daughter, I'd watch and could not save her The emotional torture, from the head of your high table She'd do what you taught her, she'd meet the same cruel fate So now I've gotta run, so I can undo this mistake At least I've gotta try The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ends, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid (The capillaries in my eyes are bursting) Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant (If our love died, would that be the worst thing?) Just an appendage, live to attend him (For somebody I thought was my saviour) So that he never lifts a finger (You sure make me do a whole lot of labour) 24-7, baby machine (The calloused skin on my hands is crackin') So he can live out his picket fence dreams (If our love ends, would that be a bad thing?) It's not an act of love if you make her (And the silence haunts our bed chamber) You make me do too much labour