Leonard Cohen Lyrics

Album: Dear Heather

Nightingale Lyrics

[Dedicated to Carl Anderson (1945-2004)]

 

 I built my house beside the wood

 So I could hear you singing

 And it was sweet and it was good

 And love was all beginning

 Fare thee well my nightingale

 'Twas long ago I found you

 Now all your songs of beauty fail

 The forest closes 'round you

 The sun goes down behind a veil

 'Tis now that you would call me

 So rest in peace my nightingale

 Beneath your branch of holly

 Fare thee well my nightingale

 I lived but to be near you

 Tho' you are singing somewhere still

 I can no longer hear you