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Lyrics for The Land of Plenty
By Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen's lyrics are perhaps the most poetic in folk music. Here he gives us a rather Buddhist prayer.

Don't really have the courage

To stand where I must stand

Don't really have the temperament

To lend a helping hand

Don't really know who sent me

To raise my voice and say:

May the lights in the land of plenty

Shine on the truth some day.

I don't know why I come here,

Knowing as I do,

What you really think of me,

What I really think of you.

For the millions in a prison,

That wealth has set apart

For the Christ who has not risen,

From the caverns of the heart

For the innermost decision,

That we cannot but obey -

For what's left of our religion,

I lift my voice and pray:

May the lights in the land of plenty

Shine on the truth some day.

I know I said I'd meet you,

I'd meet you at the store,

But I can't buy it, baby.

I can't buy it anymore.

And I don't really know who sent me,

To raise my voice and say:

May the lights in the land of plenty

Shine on the truth some day.

I don't know why I come here,

Knowing as I do,

What you really think of me,

What I really think of you.

For the innermost decision

That we cannot but obey

For what's left of our religion

I lift my voice and pray:

May the lights in the land of plenty

Shine on the truth some day.

To order the album or just to get in touch, e-mail Lou at lou@yeidel.co.uk

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Shining Armour Records
3/3 Silver Street
Hawick, Scotland
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Song List

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Early Morning Rain
Bird On The Wire
Colorado Exile
Calico Silver
Across the Borderline
Cherokee Fiddle
Me and My Uncle
The Land of Plenty
Pancho and Lefty
Rain
Boys in the Band
Millworker
Late Show
In My Secret Life