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Leonard Cohen

1. Are you male or female?

Travelling lady stay awhile
Until the night is over
I'm just a station on your way
I know I'm not your lover

2. Describe yourself:

Well I lived with a child of snow
When I was a soldier
And I fought every man for her
Until the nights grew colder

She used to wear her hair like you
Except when she was sleeping
And then she'd weave it on a loom
Of smoke and gold and breathing

3. How do they feel about you?

Suzanne takes you down
To her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half–crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

4. How do you feel about yourself?

Come over the window my little darling
I'd like to try to read your arm
I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy
Before I let you take me home

5. Describe your girlfriend/boyfriend?

Oh we met when we were almost young
Deep in the green lilac park
You held onto me like I was a crucifix
As we went reeling through the dark

6. What would you rather be doing?

Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
Upon the shore beneath the bridge
That they are building on some endless river

7. Describe where you live.

There's an attic where children are playing
Where I've got to lie down with you soon
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
In the mist of some sweet afternoon

Or, alternately:

You tell him to come in, sit down
But something makes you turn around
The door is open, you can't close your shelter
You try the handle of the road
It opens do not be afraid
It's you, my love, you who are the stranger
And it's you, my love, you who are the stranger

8. Describe how you love.

If you want a lover I'll do everything that you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger here I stand

9. Share a few words of wisdom.

Everybody knows the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich stay rich
That's how it goes
And everybody knows