Music: The Essentials of Leonard Cohen

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Leonard Cohen was a stranger to me until a friend introduced 'A Thousand Kisses Deep' by him. That made me search for some Audio Cd and I finally found one at RadioCity, Lahore.
To me, the main beauty of Leonard Cohen is his ability to render the beautiful poetic thoughts on the nerve-friendly tunes always leaving to feel and think more. 'A Stranger`s Song', 'In my secret life', 'Dance me to the end of Love' and so on.
'The Stranger`s Song' has such a beautiful flow of music and poetry rendered by Leonard Cohen:
It`s true that all the men you knew were dealers
who said they were through with dealing
Every time you gave them shelter
I know that kind of man
It`s hard to hold the hand of anyone
who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
you find he did not leave you very much
not even laughter
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
that is so high and wild
he`ll never need to deal another
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger.
And then leaning on your window sill
he`ll say one day you caused his will
to weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
And then taking from his wallet
an old schedule of trains, he`ll say
I told you when I came I was a stranger
I told you when I came I was a stranger.