| Re: Leonard Cohen - Democracy [boodskap #48017] |
Sun, 12 August 2001 10:41  |
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Goeie keuse, Danielle
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"Danielle" skryf in boodskap news:nv1cnt42g1ve74qet044543m2t19an607f@4ax.com...
> Democracy
> It's coming through a hole in the air, from those nights in Tiananmen
> Square. It's coming from the feel that this ain't exactly real, or
> it's real, but it ain't exactly there. From the wars against disorder,
> from the sirens night and day, from the fires of the homeless, from
> the ashes of the gay: Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. It's coming
> through a crack in the wall; on a visionary flood of alcohol; from the
> staggering account of the Sermon on the Mount which I don't pretend to
> understand at all. It's coming from the silence on the dock of the
> bay, from the brave, the bold, the battered heart of Chevrolet:
> Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. It's coming from the sorrow in the
> street, the holy places where the races meet; from the homicidal
> bitchin' that goes down in every kitchen to determine who will serve
> and who will eat. From the wells of disappointment where the women
> kneel to pray for the grace of God in the desert here and the desert
> far away: Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. Sail on, sail on O mighty
> Ship of State! To the Shores of Need Past the Reefs of Greed Through
> the Squalls of Hate Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on. It's coming to
> America first, the cradle of the best and of the worst. It's here they
> got the range and the machinery for change and it's here they got the
> spiritual thirst. It's here the family's broken and it's here the
> lonely say that the heart has got to open in a fundamental way:
> Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. It's coming from the women and the
> men. O baby, we'll be making love again. We'll be going down so deep
> the river's going to weep, and the mountain's going to shout Amen!
> It's coming like the tidal flood beneath the lunar sway, imperial,
> mysterious, in amorous array: Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. Sail
> on, sail on ... I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean I love the
> country but I can't stand the scene. And I'm neither left or right I'm
> just staying home tonight, getting lost in that hopeless little
> screen. But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags that Time cannot decay,
> I'm junk but I'm still holding up this little wild bouquet: Democracy
> is coming to the U.S.A.
>
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| Re: Leonard Cohen - Democracy [boodskap #48023 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #48017] |
Sun, 12 August 2001 12:15  |
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Danielle© wrote:
> Democracy
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> It's coming from the sorrow in the
> street, the holy places where the races meet
Trust a Canadian om Amerikaners en hulle
demokrasie te besing.
Leonard Cohen het eenkeer gesê Kanada is
die enigste land wat vir 'n sanger wat nie kan
sing nie die Order of Canada gee.
Gloudina
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