SONG FOR LEONARD Words © Bruce Watson, (Tune: Suzanne, Leonard Cohen) Bruce Watson Music

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I am a Cohen addict. I called my first guitar Suzanne! I wrote this to sing for a group of friends who used to get together to sing for each other. There were only two rules: 1. No Leonard Cohen; 2. Especially no Suzanne. A challenge I couldn’t resist!

Leonard Cohen brings you down to the depths of depression,
You can listen to him for hours, you can spend the night just crying,
And you know he'll send you crazy, that's why you want to stop it,
And you start to slash your wrists and hang yourself from the ceiling,
And just when you start believing that this world you're finally leaving,
Then somebody stops the record, and you feel a little better,
'Cause his songs are so depressing.

Refrain:
And you want to smash the record,
And destroy the record player,
But you know that you can't do it,
'Cause he's destroyed the very fabric of your mind.


Now, the only thing that's worse than all those hours of Leonard Cohen
Is to spend a long time listening to all his imitators going
Through all those incomprehensible songs like Suzanne and So Long Marianne,
Who think that all men should be Cohen freaks and sing all songs in A minor,
Their guitars should all be broken, they should be banished to New Zealand,
They're disgusting, not quite human — they should sink into the ocean
Like a stone.

Refrain:
And they want to travel with you,
And they want to travel blind,
But you know you shouldn‘t let them,
They'll destroy the very fabric of your mind.
Of your mind,
Of your mind,
(Repeat, getting crazier, until you explode)