Leonard Cohen Lyrics

Album: Death Of A Ladies' Man

Iodine Lyrics

I needed you, I knew I was in danger 

 of losing what I used to think was mine 

 You let me love you till I was a failure, 

 You let me love you till I was a failure -- 

 Your beauty on my bruise like iodine 

 I asked you if a man could be forgiven 

 And though I failed at love, was this a crime? 

 You said, Don't worry, don't worry, darling 

 You said, Don't worry, don't you worry, darling 

 There are many ways a man can serve his time 

 

 You covered up that place I could not master 

 It wasn't dark enough to shut my eyes 

 So I was with you, O sweet compassion 

 Yes I was with you, O sweet compassion 

 Compassion with the sting of iodine 

 

 Your saintly kisses reeked of iodine 

 Your fragrance with a fume of iodine 

 And pity in the room like iodine 

 

 Your sister fingers burned like iodine 

 And all my wanton lust was iodine 

 My masquerade of trust was iodine 

 And everywhere the flare of iodine