Album: Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)


[Verse 1]
             
Come over   to

              
 the window,  

           
my little darl

ing
             
I'd like to tr

              
y to read your

   
 palm
             
I used to thin

              
k I was some k

         
ind of gypsy b

oy
           
   before I le

              
t you take me 

     
home


[Chorus]
             
Now so long, M

        
arianne,    It

's time that w

e began
        
to laugh      

           
and cry   and 

        
cry      and l

           
augh about it 

        
all again


[Verse 2]
             
Well you know 

              
 that I love t

  
o live with yo

u
             
 but you make 

              
me forget so v

     
ery much
             
 I forget to p

             
ray for the an

gels
             
and then the a

#            
ngels forget t

             
o pray for us


[Chorus]
             
Now so long, M

        
arianne,    It

's time that w

e began
        
to laugh      

           
and cry   and 

        
cry      and l

           
augh about it 

        
all again


[Verse 3]
             
We met when   

        
we were almost

 young
             
 deep in the g

            
reen Lilac par

k
             
 You held on t

              
o me like I wa

     
s a crucifix
           
   as we went 

              
kneeling throu

             
gh the dark


[Chorus]
             
Oh so long, Ma

       
rianne,    It'

s time that we

 began
        
to laugh      

           
and cry   and 

        
cry      and l

           
augh about it 

        
all again


[Verse 4]
             
Your letters  

              
they all say t

             
hat you're bes


ide me now
             
 then why do I

        
 feel alone
             
 I'm standing 

              
on a ledge and

      
 your fine spi

der web
           
is fastening m

              
y ankle to a s

     
tone


[Chorus]
             
Now so long, M

        
arianne,    It

's time that w

e began
        
to laugh      

           
and cry   and 

        
cry      and l

           
augh about it 

        
all again


[Verse 5]
             
For now I need

      
 your hidden l

ove
             
 I'm cold as a

            
 new razor bla

de
             
 You left when

              
 I told you I 

     
was curious
           
   I never sai

              
d that I was b

     
rave


[Chorus]
             
Oh so long, Ma

       
rianne,    It'

s time that we

 began
        
to laugh      

           
and cry   and 

        
cry      and l

           
augh about it 

        
all again


[Verse 6]
             
Oh, you are re

             
ally such a pr


etty one
             
 I see you've 

              
gone and chang

        
ed your name a

gain
             
 And just when

              
 I climbed thi

   
s whole mounta

inside
           
to wash my eye

              
__lids in the 

      
rain


[Chorus]
             
Oh so long, Ma

       
rianne,    It'

s time that we

 began
        
to laugh      

           
and cry   and 

        
cry      and l

           
augh about it 

        
all again


[Verse](I found this extra verse written out somewhere. 
Not on the original recording from the Best Of... Disc)
             
Oh, your eyes,

          
 well, I forge

t your eyes
             
 your body's a

              
t home in ever

   
y sea
             
 How come you 

              
gave away your

  
 news to every

one
           
When you said 

              
it was a secre

        
t just for me