Recovery Seekers Anonymous

A short clip of "Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen.

James M. speaking at the Fellowship Center in Danbury, CT.

I’d rather tell you about what I have
not what I don’t
on every first date
the butterflies - how they race
but if time would wait for me
if crimes would let me be
and when a family of three
climbs high above the trees
what then my Love
what then
what then
what then
always in groups of three
standing and sitting
are the same to me
let me not be on show
let tomorrow be as it is
I know of nightmares
stuffed somewhere in ancient memory
but Love - sweet Love
she started with artists
not long after we met
couples come in twos and threes
what what
why wait for eternity…

it’s time to move

when you beg for your food

when it rains everyday

and turns to ice every night

and the sun came out to play

but he wouldn’t stay



the hell can i say

to get thru this day

without feelin’ broken n’ empty

the highways crisscross

for everyone who are headin’ somewhere

what if he ain’t [headin’ nowhere]

but still he’s out there

out on the interstate

drivin’ straight

from state to state

gettin’ up early

stayin’ up late

follows the red river

from san diego to boston

not realizing what it cost him

how many times he had to

learn where the bread aisle’s at

publix and kroger 

and von’s 

and stop n’ shop 

and qt and aldi

you feel me

how many first times

in the check-out lines

how many first nights in a new place

how many wakin’ up’s with yer familiar face

how many late night first dates

playin’ patty cake

with a new checkmate

closin’ in on me

knights and rooks and royals surround me

black n’ white-board a strategy

[to destroy me]

fuel up their ships

for chasin’ me high speed

across the sea…

All my life, I worshipped her
Her golden voice, her beauty's beat
How she made us feel
How she made me real
And the ground beneath her feet
And the ground beneath her feet

And now I can't be sure of anything
Black is white, and cold is heat
For what I worshipped stole my love away
It was the ground beneath her feet
It was the ground beneath her feet

Go lightly down your darkened way
Go lightly underground
I'll be down there in another day
I won't rest until you're found

Let me love you, let me rescue you
Let me bring you where two roads meet
Oh, come back above
Where there is only love
Only love

My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my

Let me love you true, let me rescue you
Let me bring you to where two roads meet
Let me love you true, let me rescue you
Let me bring you to where two roads meet

My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my
My oh my, my oh my

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Adam Clayton / Larry Mullen / Dave Evans / Salman Rushdie / Paul Hewson (U2)
The Ground Beneath Her Feet lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Int. Ltd., Polygram Int. Music Publishing B.v.

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