Leonard Cohen — Field Commander Cohen Tour of 1979

Field Commander Cohen He was our most important spy Wounded in the line of duty Parachuting acid into Diplomatic cocktail parties Urging Fidel Castro To abandon fields and castles Leave it all And like a man Come back to nothing special Such as waiting rooms And ticket lines, and Silver bullet suicides, and Messianic ocean tides, and Racial roller-coaster rides And other forms of boredom Advertised as poetry I know you need your sleep now I know your life's been hard But many men have fallen Where you promised to stand guard I never asked but I heard that you cast Your lot along with the poor That you be this and nothing more than Just some grateful, faithful woman's Favorite singing millionaire The patron saint of envy And the grocer of despair Working for the Yankee dollar Drinking' rum and Coca-Cola Go down Point Cuman Both mother and daughter Working for the Yankee dollar I know you need your sleep now I know your life's been hard But many men have fallen Where you promised to stand guard Lover, come and lie with me If my lover is who you really are And be your sweetest self a while Until I ask for more, my child And let your other selves be wrung, yeah Let them manifest and come 'til love is pierced and love is hung And every taste is on the tongue And every kind of freedom done Then oh, my love Oh, oh, oh, my love Oh, my love Oh, my love