Nightingale lyrics
Song information
Artist: Leonard Cohen Album: Dear Heather
Lyrics
Dedicated to carl anderson (1945-2004) Words and music by leonard cohen and anjani thomas
I built my house beside the wood So I could hear you singing And it was sweet and it was good And love was all beginning Fare thee well my nightingale 'Twas long ago I found you Now all your songs of beauty fail The forest closes 'round you The sun goes down behind a veil 'Tis now that you would call me So rest in peace my nightingale Beneath your branch of holly Fare thee well my nightingale I lived but to be near you Tho' you are singing somewhere still I can no longer hear you
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
"Dear Heather" album track list
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