Anthem

Leonard Cohen / Leonard Cohen: The Future (1992)

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			The birds they	sang - At the break of day.

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Start	again - I heard them	say.

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Don't	dwell - On what has	passed away,

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Or what is	yet to	be.

The wars, - They will be fought again.

The holy dove - She will be caught again.

Bought and sold, And bought again;

The dove is never free.

We asked for signs - The signs were sent.

The birth betrayed - The marriage spent.

Yeah, the widowhood - Of every government:

Signs for all to see.

I can't run no more - With that lawless crowd,

While the killers in high places - Say their prayers out loud.

But they've summed up, they've summed up - A big thundercloud,

They will hear from me.

You can add up the parts, But you won't have the sum.

You can strike up the march, There is no drum.

Every heart, every heart - To love will come

but like a refugee.