Waiting For The Miracle
Leonard Cohen

Baby, I've been waiting,

I've been waiting night and day.

I didn't see the time,

I waited half my life away.

There were lots of invitations

And I know you sent me some,

But I was waiting

For the miracle, for the miracle to come.

I know you really loved me.

But, you see, my hands were tied.

I know it must have hurt you,

It must have hurt your pride

To have to stand beneath my window

With your bugle and your drum,

And me I'm up there waiting

For the miracle, for the miracle to come.


Ah I don't believe you'd like it,

You wouldn't like it here.

There ain't no entertainment

And the judgements are severe.

The Maestro says it's Mozart

But it sounds like bubble gum

When you're waiting

For the miracle, for the miracle to come.


Waiting for the miracle

There's nothing left to do.

I haven't been this happy

Since the end of World War ii.


Nothing left to do

When you know that you've been taken.

Nothing left to do

When you're begging for a crumb

Nothing left to do

When you've got to go on waiting

Waiting for the miracle to come.


I dreamed about you, baby.

It was just the other night.

Most of you was naked

Ah but some of you was light.

The sands of time were falling

From your fingers and your thumb,

And you were waiting

For the miracle, for the miracle to come


Ah baby, let's get married,

We've been alone too long.

Let's be alone together.

Let's see if we're that strong.

Yeah let's do something crazy,

Something absolutely wrong

While we're waiting

For the miracle, for the miracle to come.


Nothing left to do...


When you've fallen on the highway

And you're lying in the rain,

And they ask you how you're doing

Of course you'll say you can't complain --

If you're squeezed for information,

That's when you've got to play it dumb:

You just say you're out there waiting

For the miracle, for the miracle to come.


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