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I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts

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Leonard Cohen
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 21
Died: 2016
Died: November 7
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Leonard Norman Cohen
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If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask. If you want a different kind of love I'll wear a mask. If you want to strike me down in anger here I stand. If you want a partner in life take my hand. I'm your man.
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It's hard to be serious about so many things. [Look at the whole emphasis] on the charts, if you're a songwriter.
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I looked into [Prozac]. I must say that it is certainly a wonder drug.
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All the lousy little poets coming around trying to sound like Charles Manson.
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