SEARCH HERE: BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME: #A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SITE MENU Last Updates Request Lyrics Submit / Correct Popularity Charts VISITORS Login / Register Your Thoughts My Playlists [ More Leonard Cohen lyrics ] add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment Artist/Band: Leonard Cohen Lyrics for Song: Going Home Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Leonard Cohen I love to speak with Leonard He's a sportsman and a shepherd He's a lazy bastard Living in a suit But he does say what I tell him Even though it isn't welcome He just doesn't have the freedom To refuse He will speak these words of wisdom Like a sage, a man of vision Though he knows he's really nothing But the brief elaboration of a tube Going home Without my sorrow Going home Sometime tomorrow Going home To where it's better Than before Going home Without my burden Going home Behind the curtain Going home Without the costume That I wore He wants to write a love song An anthem of forgiving A manual for living with defeat A cry above the suffering A sacrifice recovering But that isn't what I need him To complete I want him to be certain That he doesn't have a burden That he doesn't need a vision That he only has permission To do my instant bidding Which is to say what I have told him To repeat Going home Without my sorrow Going home Sometime tomorrow Going home To where it's better Than before Going home Without my burden Going home Behind the curtain Going home Without this costume That I wore I'm going home Without my sorrow Going home Sometime tomorrow Going home To where it's better Than before Going home Without my burden Going home Behind the curtain Going home Without this costume That I wore I love to speak with Leonard He's a sportsman and a shepherd He's a lazy bastard Living in a suit Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen "Other Songs - Leonard Cohen" 1. A Thousand Kisses Deep 2. Ain't No Cure For Love 3. Alexandra Leaving 4. Because Of 5. Boogie Street 6. By The Rivers Dark 7. Chelsea Hotel No.2 8. Famous Blue Raincoat 9. First We Take Manhattan 10. Go No More A-Roving 11. Hallelujah (Original) 12. Here It Is 13. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye 14. In My Secret Life 15. Love Itself 16. Lover Lover Lover 17. So Long, Marrianne 18. Stories Of The Street 19. That Don't Make It Junk 20. The Guests 21. The Land Of Plenty 22. The Partisan 23. Waiting For A Miracle 24. Who By Fire 25. Woke Up This Morning 26. Angels Eyes 27. Blessed Is The Memory 28. Clap! Clap! 29. Do I Have To Dance All Night 30. God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot 31. Going Home 32. I've Counted What I Have 33. Misty Blue (Outtake From Recent Songs) 34. Not Known 35. Priests 36. Recitation 37. Since You've Asked 38. Song Of Bernadette 39. Song Of Destruction 40. Song To My Assassin 41. Store Room 42. The Bells 43. The Jungle Line 44. The Marriage March 45. The Promise 46. The Third Invention 47. The Walls 48. Throne Of Desire Variations 49. To Love Somebody 50. Way Down Deep 51. We Told You So 52. Whither Thou Goest (From The Book Of Ruth) 53. Wishing Window