INDEX: 01/10

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TOKYO

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Muere lentamente quien no viaja

quien no lee

quien no oye música

quien no encuentra gracia en sí mismo

muere lentamente

quien destruye su amor propio

quien no se deja ayudar

muere lentamente

quien se transforma en esclavo del hábito

repitiendo todos los días los mismos trayectos

quien no cambia de marca

no se atreve a cambiar el color de su vestimenta

o bien no conversa con quien no conoce

muere lentamente

quien evita una pasión y su remolino de emociones

justamente estas que regresan el brillo a los ojos

y restauran los corazones destrozados

muere lentamente

quien no gira el volante cuando está infeliz

con su trabajo

o su amor

quien no arriesga lo cierto ni lo incierto para ir detrás de un sueño

quien no se permite ni siquiera una vez en su vida

huir de los consejos sensatos...

vive hoy, arriesga hoy, hazlo hoy...

no te dejes morir lentamente...

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IT IS GOOD TO BE POLITE

THAT'S RIGHT

IT IS GOOD TO BE POLITE

THAT'S RIGHT

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EXCUSE ME

YOU ARE EXCUSED

EXCUSE ME

YOU ARE EXCUSED

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SORRY I GOT IN YOUR WAY

OH THAT'S OK

SORRY I GOT IN YOUR WAY

OH THAT'S OK

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Baby Songs

2010

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A DILLER, a dollar,

A ten o'clock scholar,

What makes you come so soon?

You used to come at ten o'clock,

But now you come at noon.

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My Brimful Book

1986

Letter to sing,

It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record.

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake --

She sends her regards.
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear.

Sincerely, L. Cohen --

FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT

LEONARD COHEN

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