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Leonard Cohen Lyrics for Song: Anthem
 Lyrics for Album: Complete Studio Albums Collection [2011]
 
 
 
 9806>The birds they sang
 
 At the break of day
 
 Start again
 
 I heard them say
 
 Don't dwell on what
 
 Has passed away
 
 Or what is yet to be
 
 
 
 The wars they will
 
 Be fought again
 
 The holy dove
 
 Be caught again
 
 Bought and sold
 
 And bought again
 
 The dove is never free
 
 
 
 Chorus
 
 Ring the bells that still can ring
 
 Forget your perfect offering
 
 There is a crack in everything
 
 That's how the light gets in
 
 
 
 We asked for signs
 
 The signs were sent
 
 The birth betrayed
 
 The marriage spent
 
 The widowhood
 
 Of every government
 
 Signs for all to see
 
 
 
 Can't run no more
 
 With the lawless crowd
 
 While the killers in high places
 
 Say their prayers out loud
 
 But they've summoned up
 
 A thundercloud
 
 And they're going to hear from me
 
 
 
 Chorus
 
 
 
 You can add up the parts
 
 But you won't have the sum
 
 You can strike up the march
 
 There is no drum
 
 Every heart
 
 To love will come
 
 But like a refugee
 
 
 
 Chorus
 
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| Album Lyrics: Complete Studio Albums Collection [2011] |  
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  Leonard Cohen
 "Complete Studio Albums Collection [2011]"
 
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