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The Old Revolution
Cohen, Leonard
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I finally broke into the prison
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I found my place in the chain
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Even damnation is poisoned with rainbow
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All the brave young men
They're waiting now to see a signal
Which some killer will be lighting for pay
Into this furnace I ask you now to venture
You, whom I cannot betray
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I fought in the old revolution
On the side of the ghost and the king
Of course I was very young
And I thought that we were winning
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I can't pretend, I still feel very much like singing
As they carry the bodies away
Into this furnace I ask you now to venture
You, whom I cannot betray
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Lately you've started to stutter
As though you had nothing to say
To all of my architects
Let me be traitor
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Now let me say, I myself gave the order
To sleep and to search and to destroy
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Into this furnace I ask you now to venture
You, whom I cannot betray
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Yes, you, who are broken by power
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You, who are absent all day
You, who are kings
For the sake of your children's story
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The hand of your beggar is burdened down with money
The hand of your lover is clay
Into this furnace I ask you now to venture
You, whom I cannot betray
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