Famous Blue Raincoat

Vocal by Jennifer Warnes

"Famous Blue Raincoat "

Lyrics by Leonard Cohen

It’s four in the morning

The end of December

I’m writing you now just to see if you’re better

New York is cold

But I like where I’m living

There’s music on Clinton Street all through the evening

I hear that you’re building your house deep in the desert

Are you living for nothing now?

Hope you’re keeping some kind of record

Jane came by with a lock of your hair

She said that you gave it to her

The night that you planned to go clear

Did you ever to go clear?

The last time we saw you

You looked so much older

Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder

You’d been to the station

To meet every train

But she never turned up,

I mean Lili Marlene

So you treated some woman to a flake of your life

And when she got home she was nobody’s wife

I see you there with a rose in your teeth

One more thin gypsy thief

Well, I see Jane’s awake

She sends her regards

What can I tell you

What can I possibly say

I guess that I miss you

I guess that I forgive you

I’m glad that you stood in my way

And if you ever come by here

Be it for Jane or for me

I want you to know your enemy is sleeping

I want you to know your woman is free

Thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes

I thought it was there for good

So I never really tried

Ans Jane came by with a lock of your hair

She said that you gave it to her

The night that you planned to go clear

Sincerely

A friend.

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