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LOVER LOVER LOVER
Leonard Cohen
Track 3 on New Skin for the Old Ceremony
Produced by
John Lissauer & Leonard Cohen
From the album “New Skin For The Old Ceremony”, this song is a dialogue between
a man and God. The man is complaining about his life, but for each complaint God
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LOVER LOVER LOVER LYRICS
[Verse 1]
I asked my father, I said, "Father, change my name
The one I'm using now it's covered up with fear and filth and cowardice and
shame"
[Chorus]
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
[Verse 2]
He said, "I locked you in this body, I meant it as a kind of trial
You can use it for a weapon or to make some woman smile"
[Chorus]
Yeah and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
[Verse 3]
"Then let me start again," I cried, "Please let me start again
I want a face that's fair this time, I want a spirit that is calm"
[Chorus]
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
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[Verse 4]
"I never turned aside," he said, "I never walked away
It was you who built the temple, it was you who covered up my face"
[Chorus]
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
[Verse 5]
"And may the spirit of this song, may it rise up pure and free
May it be a shield for you, a shield against the enemy"
[Chorus]
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
[Outro]
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
Come back to me
[Lost/dropped verse]
I went down to the desert to help my brothers fight
I know that they weren't wrong, I know that they weren't right
But bones must stand up straight and walk and blood must move around
And men go making ugly line around the holy ground
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From the album “New Skin For The Old Ceremony”, this song is a dialogue between
a man and God.
The man is complaining about his life, but for each complaint God denies helping
the singer, maybe because of free will.
During a live performance on French television, Cohen introduces the song by
stating (in French) that he wrote the song for the Egyptians and the Israelis
during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. At that time, Cohen went to Israel from his home
in Greece to volunteer on a kibbutz to help with food distribution but was
quickly recognized and asked to play for the troops on the front which he did
for 33 days , and thus witnessed the war. This album came out the following
year.
The lyrics reflect his ambivalence towards his own identity and position within
this battle.
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> ”Lover Lover Lover” was born there [the Yom Kippur War – Ed]. The whole world
> is watching this tragic and complex conflict. So I am faithful to certain
> ideas, inevitably. I hope that those I am in favor of will win.
> Leonard Cohen
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New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974)
Leonard Cohen
1. 1.
Is This What You Wanted
2. 2.
Chelsea Hotel No. 2
3. 3.
Lover Lover Lover
4. 4.
Field Commander Cohen
5. 5.
Why Don’t You Try?
6. 6.
There Is a War
7. 7.
A Singer Must Die
8. 8.
I Tried to Leave You
9. 9.
Who by Fire
10. 10.
Take This Longing
11. 11.
Leaving Green Sleeves
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Produced By
John Lissauer & Leonard Cohen
Written By
Leonard Cohen
Recorded At
Sound Ideas Studio, New York
Release Date
August 11, 1974
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