[音樂] Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat

"I don't consider myself a pessimist.
I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain.
And I feel soaked to the skin."

－－Leonard Cohen

第一次知道這個名字，是在還未讀懂的夏宇詩裡：

〈詩人節〉

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L‧COHEN　
混合吉他︰　
「你的敵人睡著了　
而他的女人醒著……」

這正引自Leonard Cohen的Famous Blue Raincoat
也有不少人曾經翻唱過。




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 house deep in the desert
Are you living for nothing now ?
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 when you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear ?

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
But she never turned up, I mean Lili Marlene

So you treated some woman to a flake of your life
And when she got home she was nobody's wife
I see you there with a rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well, I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards

What can I tell you ? Oh what can I tell you ?
What can I possibly say ?
I guess that I miss you
I guess I forgive you
I'm glad that you stood in my way

And if you ever come by here
Be it for Jane or for me
I want you to know your enemy's sleeping
I want you to know your woman is free

Thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good
So I never really tried

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

Sincerely, L. Cohen.
　
　
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透過參加一次新詩營隊，
徐國能以夏宇為題介紹了這位影響深遠的歌手兼詩人Cohen，
才讓我又更進一步認識他，
除了歌曲之外也非常推薦他的詩！

至於介紹，我想我是不會介紹的比馬世芳好了
所以想更瞭解Leonard Cohen還是直接看"我所知道的李歐納‧科恩"這篇吧！


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