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Artist: Leonard Cohen
Canonical path: /leonard-cohen/different-sides
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Different Sides
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Different Sides
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We find ourselves on different sides
Of a line nobody drew
Though it all may be one in the higher eye
Down here where we live it is two
I to my side call the meek and the mild
You to your side call the word
By virtue of suffering i claim to have won
You claim to have never been heard
Both of us say there are laws to obey
But frankly i don't like your tone
You want to change the way i make love
I want to leave it alone
The pull of the moon, the thrust of the sun
And thus the ocean is crossed
The waters are blessed while a shadowy guest
Kindles a light for the lost
Both of us say there are laws to obey
But frankly i don't like your tone
You want to change the way i make love
I want to leave it alone
Down in the valley the famine goes on
The famine up on the hill
I say that you shouldn't, you couldn't, you can't
You say that you must and you will
Both of us say there are laws to obey
But frankly i don't like your tone
You want to change the way i make love
I want to leave it alone
You want to live where the suffering is
I want to get out of town
C'mon baby give me a kiss
Stop writing everything down
Both of us say there are laws to obey
Yeah, but frankly i don't like your tone
You want to change the way i make love
I want to leave it alone
Both of us say there are laws to obey
But frankly i don't like your tone
You want to change the way i make love
I want to leave it alone
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