[00:25.20]It's four in the morning the end of December
[00:32.89]I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
[00:38.12]New York is cold but I like where I'm living
[00:44.80]There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
[00:51.02]I hear that you're building
[00:54.34]your little house deep in the desert
[01:02.92]You're living for nothing now
[01:07.24]I hope you're keeping some kind of record
[01:12.79]Yes and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
[01:22.46]She said that you gave it to her
[01:28.31]That night that you planned to go clear
[01:38.75]Did you ever go clear
[01:44.18]Ah the last time we saw you
[01:47.43]you looked so much older
[01:50.24]Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
[01:56.25]You'd been to the station to meet every train
[02:03.25]And you came home without Lili Marlene
[02:08.09]And you treated my woman
[02:13.79]to a flake of your life
[02:21.68]And when she came back she was nobody's wife
[02:30.95]Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
[02:41.40]One more thin gypsy thief
[02:47.74]Well I see Jane's awake --
[02:56.48]She sends her regards
[03:14.01]And what can I tell you my brother my killer
[03:20.59]What can I possibly say
[03:26.18]I guess that I miss you
[03:29.93]I guess I forgive you
[03:32.95]I'm glad you stood in my way
[03:39.13]If you ever come by here for Jane or for me
[03:50.10]Your enemy is sleeping and his woman is free
[03:59.27]Yes and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
[04:10.51]I thought it was there for good so I never tried
[04:23.33]And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
[04:32.24]She said that you gave it to her
[04:38.09]That night that you planned to go clear
[04:48.20]Sincerely,
[04:49.80]L.Cohen.

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.