leonard cohen
From Cohen's second album "Songs from a Room" (1969), and certainly written to Marianne.
Norwegian artist Marianne Christine Ihlen (1935-2016) met Leonard Cohen on the Isle of Hydra, Greece, in 1960. For 13 years they lived frequently close together, in Montreal and on Hydra. She had certain influence on Cohen's first two albums, and her photo covers the back side of this album.
I cannot follow you my love
you cannot follow me
I am the distance you put between
all of the moments that we will be
sometimes I need you naked
sometimes I need you wild
I need you to carry my children in
and I need you to kill a child
if you should ever track me down
I will surrender there
and I'll leave with you one broken man
whom I will teach you to repair
you know who I am
you've stared at the sun
well I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
Am Bm7 I cannot follow you my love Am Bm7 you cannot follow me D Am I am the distance you put between Bm G Em ...E all of the moments that we will be D A you know who I am D A you've stared at the sun D A Bm Bm7 G ...Em ... E well I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one
