Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
but now it's come to distances and both of us must try,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.

I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time,
walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
you know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
it's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
but let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
yes many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
but let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.

Leonard Cohen é um nome que há muito tempo tenho nna cabeca. Mas foi apenas quando os seus primeiros três discos foram reeditados em Portugal, com devida licao de mestre Bonifácio no Y, que os arranjei. No entanto, nao os ouvi, nao sei bem explicar porquê - tenho muita música em que ainda nao toquei. No meu caso, nao poucas vezes, é preciso que algo exterior à música me faca ouvir os discos. Muitas vezes, a ajuda vem do cinema. Depois do empurrao do Bonifácio, quem me fez verdadeiramente querer ouvir o Cohen foi Werner Herzog e o seu "Fata Morgana" (1971). "Songs of Leonard Cohen" é uma lâmina.