There Is War

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From: [email protected] (adi)
Subject: Re: REQ: Leonard Cohen - There is a War

Leonard Cohen: There is a War On
New Skin for the Old Ceremony and Cohen Live


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There is a war between the rich and poor a[/tab]
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war be-tween the man and the woman.[/tab]
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There is a war be-tween the ones who say there is a[/tab]
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war and the ones who say there isn t.[/tab]
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Why don t you come on back to the war, that s right, get[/tab]
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in it, why don t you[/tab]
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come on back to the war, it s just beginning.[/tab]

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Well I[/tab]

2nd verse

live here with a woman and a child,
the situation makes me kind of nervous.
Yes, I rise up from her arms, she says "I guess you call this love";
I call it service. Why don t you come on back to the war, don t be a tourist,
why don t you come on back to the war, before it hurts us,
why don t you come on back to the war, let s all get nervous.

3rd verse

You cannot stand what I ve become,
you much prefer the gentleman I was before.
I was so easy to defeat, I was so easy to control,
I didn t even know there was a war.
Why don t you come on back to the war, don t be embarrassed,
why don t you come on back to the war, you can still get married.

4th verse

There is a war between the rich and poor,
a war between the man and the woman.
There is a war between the left and right,
a war between the black and white,
a war between the odd and the even.

Why don t you come on back to the war, pick up your tiny burden,
why don t you come on back to the war, let s all get even,
why don t you come on back to the war, can t you hear me speaking?


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