Många känslor kan virvla runt i en kropp som omfamnas av musik. När Leonard Cohen sjunger Famous Blue Raincoat är det härligare än vanligt. Han driver mig till gränsen till tårar. Alltid. Jag kan ju texten till detta översorgliga triangeldrama, jag vet varthän det bär, men det spelar ingen roll. Cohens ärliga, ledset uppgivna röst och den vemodiga melodin ledsagar mig fram till samma strof och samma klump i halsen varje gång. Det är så smärtsamt och vackert. Jag får aldrig nog.


Famous Blue Raincoat

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 little house deep in the desert 
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record. 

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair 
She said that you gave it to her 
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear? 

Ah, 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 
And you came home without Lili Marlene 

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life 
And when she came back she was nobody's wife. 

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth 
One more thin gypsy thief 
Well I see Jane's awake 

She sends her regards. 

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer 
What can I possibly say? 
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you 
I'm glad you stood in my way. 

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me 
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free. 

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes 
I thought it was there for good so I never tried. 

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair 
She said that you gave it to her 
That night that you planned to go clear

Sincerely, L. Cohen