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Leonard Cohen
Singer-songwriter

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Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships. Wikipedia

Born: September 21, 1934, Westmount, Canada

Died: November 10, 2016, Los Angeles, CA

Children: Adam Cohen, Lorca Cohen

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Leonard Cohen To Play Historic Cambodian Show
Jun 17, 2010

Leonard Cohen is to perform a historic concert in Cambodia in November (10) to help restore the city of Phnom Penh.

The legendary singer/poet will play at the Olympic Stadium on 27 November (10) to benefit the Cambodian Red Cross and other local charities.

The concert will be held under the patronage of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and Lok Chumtuev Bun Rany Hun Sen, the president of the Cambodian Red Cross.

An ordained Buddhist monk, Cohen hopes the concert will be a "spiritual experience" at an "architecturally significant" stadium.

The Canadian star's manager, Robert Kory, tells Wenn, "Leonard is deeply honoured by this invitation, and we hope that, in our small way, we can both assist in cultural restoration and personal healing.

"The world is aware that Phnom Penh, once a cultural mecca, and its people, suffered a brutal genocide 35 years ago, which ended lives and altered that magnificent city.

We are hopeful that the concert may become a first step in the celebration of the city's rebirth as a vibrant cultural centre and serve to aid those who have suffered." (c) WENN

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Leonard Cohen postponed

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Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

"Hallelujah"

[Verse 1]
Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing "Hallelujah"

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 2]
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 3]
Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 4]
There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 3]
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 4]
Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 5]
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah