Leonard Cohen: “Going Home”
I love to speak with Leonard
He’s a sportsman and a shepherd
He’s a lazy bastard
Living in a suit
But he does say what I tell him
Even though it isn’t welcome
He will never have the freedom
To refuse
He will speak these words of wisdom
Like a sage, a man of vision
Though he knows he’s really nothing
But the brief elaboration of a tube
- First three stanzas of Leonard Cohen’s poem in the magazine this week, “Going Home.” Cohen also set the poem to music, which will be featured on his upcoming album, “Old Ideas.” Click through to listen to Cohen sing “Going Home”: http://nyr.kr/wI5WK1
Great idea to publish this song as a poem. It’s gorgeous.
