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But now its come to distances and both of us must try, your eyes are soft with sorrow, Hey, that's no way, to say, goodbye Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free. Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
"The Stranger Song" | From the film "McCabe And Mrs. Miller", the song does not mention a stranger or song. - Man With The Deep Voice |
"The Old Revolution" | "I have changed my name so often, I've lost my wife and children but I have many friends, and some of them are with me." - Feurzeug |
"Story of Issac" | "You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children, you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted by a demon or a god." No mention of Issac in the song. - Feurzeug |
"One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong" | "I lit a thin green candle, to make you jealous of me." I only just realised that some Leonard Cohen song titles are not used as lyrics. - Feurzeug |
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
"Tower of Sprog" | "Tower of Song" | Cee |
"Traveling Dark" | "Traveling Light" | Tess O. Gosset |
"Stationary Light" | "Traveling Light" | Tess O. Gosset |
"The Strangest Song" | "The Stranger Song" | D. Melody Dole, MD |
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
"First We Take Manhattan," | First you have to defeat the US Army | Susanna Viljanen |
"Tower of Song," | Love isn't a structure nor a fortification | Susanna Viljanen |
"Dance Me to the End Of Love," | Love does not have dimensions. | Susanna Viljanen |
"Everybody Knows," | Not everyone can know a particular fact. | Paul Bear |
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," Taylor Swift | "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye," Leonard Cohen | |
"Gimme All Your Lovin'," ZZ Top | "Here It Is," Leonard Cohen | |
"Bring Your Love To Me," The Righteous Brothers | "Here It Is," Leonard Cohen | |
"A Song I'd Like To Sing," Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge | "Here It Is," Leonard Cohen | |
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. |
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
"Hallelujah" | "Shrek's Hallelujah" | SwimPuff165 |
"Hallelujah" | "Shrek's Hallelujah" | Andrew Lardieri |
"Hallelujah" | "OK Boomer" | Ethan Mawyer |
"So Long Marianne" | "So Long Jerry Scam" | Ana Fana An' A Panoply O' Paro' Pals |
"Hallelujah" | "Drawl of Confusion" | John Davison |
"Hallelujah" | "Pepto-Bismol" | Patrick McWilliams |
"Suzanne" | "Seuss Fans" | John A. Barry |
"Hallelujah" | "Ed Fitzgerald" | Patrick McWilliams |
"So Long, Marianne" | "So-Wrong Marianne" | Harpo Macs |
"Everybody Knows" | "All America Knows" | aRot |
There are additional song parodies available. |
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
Night Comes On Leonard Cohen | The Night Comes Down Queen | The Night Comes On Down | Rock Princess |
"Lover Lover Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: May it be a seal for you
Original Lyrics: May it be a shield for you
| "Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics: I've seen your flag on the marble arse.
Original Lyrics: I've seen your flag on the marble arch.
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"Lady Midnight"
Misheard Lyrics: If you want me, you want me, my lord
Original Lyrics: You've won me, you've won me, my lord
| "Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics: I heard there was a secret call
That David Grey done a pee tonight Original Lyrics: Well I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord |
There are additional misheard lyrics available. |
"Everybody Knows"
Misheard Lyrics: Like your father or your doctor died
Original Lyrics: Like your father or your dog just died
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Graham From Perth How did I mishear this? I spend decades wondering why someone should as upset about their doctor dying as their father. |
"Suzanne"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water. Why They're Nonsensical: Oh so that made him a sailor? If he ever glided along the ground in a sailboat, I guess that would make him a pedestrian at THAT time. :)
Submitted by: Karen Smith
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"Hallelujah"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: But you don't really care for music, do ya?
The baffled king composing hallelujah. Why They're Misrhymed: In every single verse, Cohen rhymes something else with 'hallelujah' - as well as 'do ya?' he manages 'overthrew ya,' 'what's it to ya?' and 'fool ya.' When he sings it, it almost sounds like it rhymes, too!
Submitted by: Red Tim
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"Hallelujah"
The Insulting Lyrics: I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord. But you don't really care for music, do ya? Why They're Insulting: Since these are the opening lines to the song, there is no antecedent to the pronoun "you". While later verses seem to maybe make the song addressed to a love interest with whom the singer has co-habitated, the lack of an antecedent in these opening lines means that "you" seems to be addressed to any random listener. It is rude and/or presumptuous to confront any possible random listener with the leading question "But you don't really care for music, do ya?". If anything, the fact that one is listening to the song suggests that that one DOES care for music.
Submitted by: Karen Smith
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"Chelsea Hotel No.2"
The Dirty Lyrics: Giving me head on the unmade bed,
While the limousines wait in the street. Why They're Dirty: Most of Leonard Cohen's songs are pretty filthy if you listen, this is just one of the more obvious and well known lines. It shouldn't need explaining as to why it is 'dirty'.
Submitted by: Din
| "Take This Longing"
The Dirty Lyrics: Take this longing from my tongue,
All the lonely things these hands have done... Why They're Dirty: He's spanking his monkey, isn't he?
Submitted by: Dazzla
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There are additional dirty lyrics available. |
"Tower Of Song"
The Lyrics: I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does it get? Hank Williams hasn't answered yet But I hear him coughing all night long A hundred floors above me In the Tower of Song
Who They Mention: Hank Williams
Submitted by: FussBudget
| "Waiting for the Miracle"
The Lyrics: There's not much entertainment
and the critics are severe. The Maestro says it's Mozart but it sounds like bubble gum Who They Mention: Mozart
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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There are additional celebrity lyrics available. |
"Democracy"
The Lyrics: from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet: Democracy is coming to the USA Product Brand Name: Chevrolet
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
| "Closing Time"
The Lyrics: So we're drinking and we're dancing
and the band is really happening and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high Product Brand Name: Johnny Walker (Scotch Whiskey)
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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"Democracy"
The Song Lyrics: It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay, from the brave, the bold the battered heart of Chevrolet Song They Mention: "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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"Suzanne"
Opening Lines: Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
Comments: Submitted by: Sutch
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