Leonard Cohen - Almost Like The Blues Lyrics






I saw some people starving
There was murder, there was rape
Their villages were burning
They were trying to escape
I couldn't meet their glances
I was staring at my shoes
It was acid, it was tragic
It was almost like the blues

I have to die a little
Between each murderous thought
And when I'm finished thinking
I have to die a lot
There's torture and there's killing
And there's all my bad reviews
The war, the children missing
Lord, it's almost like the blues

So I let my heart get frozen
To keep away the rot
My father says I'm chosen
My mother says I'm not
I listened to their story
Of the Gypsies and the Jews
It was good, it wasn't boring
It was almost like the blues

There is no God in Heaven
And there is no Hell below
So says the great professor
Of all there is to know
But I've had the invitation
That a sinner can't refuse
And it's almost like salvation
It's almost like the blues





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  1. �.... �....

    Я - грешен, но я не исповедаюсь здесь и сейчас, я - тот, кем я являюсь: ищу, но не мерзость. Не ищи мою негативность

  2. s.... F....

    Love this guy,

  3. �.... �....

    Что же это за ПРОФЕССОР?

  4. s.... f....

    This song is oh Soooo soooo negative!!! No screaming inaudible NOISE no tattooes no body piercing no naked skin!!! What is it??? Some old-fashioned guy singing about sorrow and suffering??? How dares he!!! This should be banned by PROPER AUTHORITIES. Hehegahehehrhgrrhfsferh. WELL, u know what I meant.

  5. S.... M....

    Nobel priize _ nothing else...

  6. m.... ....

    Thus is thought provoking beautiful genius 👌

  7. �.... �....

    супер

  8. N.... S....

    Açlıktan ölen bazı insanlar gördüm
    Cinayetler ve tecavüzler
    Evleri yanıyordu
    Kaçmaya çalışıyorlardı
    Onlara bakmadım bile
    Sadece önüme baktım
    Bu çok acıydı, çok trajikti
    Daha çok hüzün gibiydi
    Biraz ölmem lazım şimdi
    Her bir öldürücü fikir arasında
    Ve düşünmeyi bitirdiğimde
    Şimdi daha fazla ölmeliyim
    Bu zulüm ve bu ölüm
    Ve tüm bu kötü eleştirilerim
    Savaş, tanrıyı özleyen çocuklar
    Bu daha çok hüzün gibi
    Böylece kalbimin donmasına izin verdim tüm bu saçmalıktan uzak durması için
    Babam ben seçilmişim diyor annem ise değilim, hikayelerini dinledim onların çingeneler ve yahudiler
    Hayır bu iyiydi sıkıcı değildi
    Daha çok hüzün gibiydi..
    Tanrının cenneti değil orası veya cehennemin dibi
    Ünlü profesör söylüyor burda bilinmesi gereken her şeyi ama ben davetliydim kabul edilmeyen bir günahkar olarak
    ve aslında bu daha çok kurtuluş gibi
    daha çok hüzün gibi
    bir hüzün gibi...
    Çeviri.alternatifim.com

  9. �.... �....

    Не устою повторять Такой талант никогда не пропьёш и это очевидно.Я вот не перестаю думать о том , всё таки Канада житница талантов страна с великим потенциалом и этим можно гордиться.

  10. M.... Z....

    a friend upon hearing Leonard Cohen for the first time said, "wow, that's the voice of God." I paused to digest his words, smiled, and tried to hide the fact that I was already crying.

    M.... Z....

    Woooooah, bebe!!!!

  11. U.... B....

    nobel peace prize for gretha thunberg or whoever she is while there were kinds of cohen and bowie. ok world, im fed up with you

  12. M.... ....

    Why did the original video disappeared?!

  13. R.... B....

    Hello !
    S' il vous plait pouvait me traduire en français , merci ! car je maîtrise pas assez l'anglais ! 🙂😀💥💜

  14. R.... d....

    Almost like the blues Beautiful song.

  15. s.... d....

    i have to die a little

  16. s.... f....

    This is soooooo NEGATIVE and oh so wrong!!!!! This man makes me feel guilty for not doin enouvh to heal the world. But he speaks my lingo.

  17. t.... p....

    Гениально.

  18. J.... M....

    MAGNIFIQUE SPLENDIDE

  19. B.... R....

    Listen to the words ! He knows more than most of us ..... I have seen war !

  20. r.... c....

    Immenso Leonard Cohen! Le tue canzoni sono una cura per l'anima. Forever! ❤

  21. I.... E....

    Hermosa la voz...la musica ..todo
    adoro 😍

  22. J.... M....

    MAGNIFIQUE CHANSON ET MUSIQUE BRAVO POUR LES MUSICIENS ET VOTRE TRÈS BELLE VOIX LÉONARD COMME C EST BEAU

  23. A.... H....

    And Where do all these highways go, now that we are free😢

  24. J.... M....

    UNE MERVEILLE C EST TROP BEAU

  25. l.... v....

    this makes me smile, makes me dance, a real cohen tekst, the humor in this almost dark song! i love it, i loveit, no bad review.

  26. s.... f....

    For me this is his best work.

  27. n.... 1....

    Leonard Cohen...old but gold ❤ nd the song! Deep nd amazing

  28. s.... f....

    I want 2 thank this man for that flash of inspirTion!!!! I noticed all his songs r abt small man's struggle and suffering. AND I also noticed he is like a cult figure and PEOPLE LIKE HIM. AND WONEN ADORE HIS ZENSIYIVITY. I also have been talking about human suffering for 60 yrs!!! Yes --- 60. But WBEN YOURS TRULLY does it---I am called tooooo negative. I am told to smoke a joint get some shrooms or some hard liqueur or maybe even some sex. Or ALL THAT in combination just TO RELAX. so I decided TO SING!!!!! NOW I cannot sing but who cares. I might get a few friend. Do not care if they r fake or users. Hell---just 2 fit in I will be superficial and use them too. AND who knows MAYBE THE BEBES WILL LET SNIFF IT HEHEHEBEHAHABWHEBS

  29. J.... M....

    Magnifique Trop Beau

  30. H.... D....

    Been a fan of Leonard since the mid 60's when a women introduced me to his poetry. Dylan and Lennon are great but Leonard is the most romantic poet of our time.

  31. J.... M....

    Une Merveille Chanson et Musique

  32. K.... S....

    WOW, such awesome lyrics !!!

  33. J.... M....

    Merveilleuse Chanson et Musique qu'elle voix une Voix Unique

  34. J.... M....

    Mr Leonard Cohen mon James bond C est Magnifique vous avez étais doté d un Don votre Voix qui est votre Instrument de Musique

  35. J.... M....

    il n y a pas de mots c est tellement beau voix musique

  36. A.... V....

    One of the best

  37. J.... W....

    This is amazing music!

  38. K.... K....

    RIP ,pure genius with his creations of poetry with music !

  39. S.... a....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSSVDGY0dP4&feature=share

  40. A.... B....

    RIP reis sayende güzel müzik dinliyoruz şeklimiz oluyor yorgun düşünce elde avuçta kalmayınca diyorum ki its almost like the blues :)

  41. T.... A....

    Genius. Just, you know, genius.

  42. J.... H....

    a great and very impressiv song. I recently recorded it. You may listen to it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShLAVjRAGOs - Thank you !

    J.... H....

    Cool. I'll try to listen to it sometime. I play in a music collective that has worked out an arrangement for it. We haven't played it much yet, but eventually. Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music

  43. T.... n....

    Коэн легенда!
    ...но все остальные на западе....г

  44. R.... B....

    bedankt leonard

  45. S.... C....

    Leonard, always so good. He’s no ordinary musician. And ordinary people won’t understand the high quality of the lyrics, the music and the history behind each song. Will love him forever. Miss him.

  46. p.... a....

    El viejo león, irreductible, renace de sus cenizas aún más puro, más escueto y eficaz. Larga vida tengan sus canciones como merece este héroe al que algunos dieron por vencido. Ahora en el confín, flor del iranio solar, su canto nos merece. Lección de ancianidad. Lección de humanidad.

  47. K.... D....

    What's up with the 'G-d'?

  48. o.... ....

    it's almost like the blues

  49. G.... I....

    Great Artist...

  50. a.... ....

    " Almost Like the Blues" by Leonard Cohen

    I saw some people starving
    There was murder, there was rape
    Their villages were burning
    They were trying to escape
    I couldn't meet their glances
    I was staring at my shoes
    It was acid, it was tragic
    It was almost like the blues

    I have to die a little
    Between each murderous thought
    And when I'm finished thinking
    I have to die a lot
    There's torture and there's killing
    And there's all my bad reviews
    The war, the children missing
    Lord, it's almost like the blues

    So I let my heart get frozen
    To keep away the rot
    My father says I'm chosen
    My mother says I'm not
    I listened to their story
    Of the Gypsies and the Jews
    It was good, it wasn't boring
    It was almost like the blues

    There is no God in Heaven
    And there is no Hell below
    So says the great professor
    Of all there is to know
    But I've had the invitation
    That a sinner can't refuse
    And it's almost like salvation
    It's almost like the blues

    Leonard is living in our hearts forever

  51. G.... D....

    bollocks i cant stop listening to this friggin song oooooooooooooooooooooooh almost like the blues rip genius

  52. G.... D....

    the bass on this is sublime

  53. j.... c....

    JimmySteller: Sample the music of Passenger!

  54. T.... n....

    ..Осетия с тобой!!!!!!!!!
    ..ты ЛУЧШИЙ!!!!!!!

  55. R.... B....

    Clever writer, I guess. Takes a phrase like, say, "Almost like the blues," pastes it on the wall, then sits around for days staring at it and adding clever non-sequiturs that sometimes rhyme.

    Down, depressing cigarette voice while he kind of talks/sings. No way he's on Tom Waits's genuinely bizarre creative level.

    (My sweet Asian wife: What ees thet, Honey? Me: Oh, this guy who died not long ago. She: OMG! Me: Yeah, that's what I think).

  56. E.... X....

    RIP Mr. Leo, God bless your soul

  57. G.... D....

    third time in a row this going to haunt me .

  58. G.... D....

    what a guy so talented

  59. G.... D....

    bass on this is fuckin the best

  60. G.... D....

    almost eh um a bolocks the mans awsesome end of

  61. G.... D....

    eh whaaaaaat

  62. Y.... ....

    My ears were just blessed.
    Rip Mr. Cohen

  63. d.... k....

    eisai o kalyteros

  64. T.... :....

    Thanks for not forget the Gyspsies, Mr Cohen ! When you are not whith us, it just like the blues :'(

  65. b.... ....

    Rest in peace L. CHOEN . I have never heard this song before .... and I love him . beautiful. 😢😢😢🙇❤❤❤

  66. N.... ....

    I saw some people starving
    There was murder, there was rape
    Their villages were burning
    They were trying to escape
    I couldn't meet their glances
    I was staring at my shoes
    It was acid, it was tragic
    It was almost like the blues
    It was almost like the blues

    I have to die a little
    Between each murderous thought
    And when I'm finished thinking
    I have to die a lot
    There's torture and there's killing
    And there's all my bad reviews
    The war, the children missing
    Lord, it's almost like the blues
    It's almost like a blues

    So I let my heart get frozen
    To keep away the rot
    My father says I'm chosen
    My mother says I'm not
    I listened to their story
    Of the Gypsies and the Jews
    It was good, it wasn't boring
    It was almost like the blues
    It was almost like the blues

    There is no God in Heaven
    And there is no Hell below
    So says the great professor
    Of all there is to know
    But I've had the invitation
    That a sinner can't refuse
    And it's almost like salvation
    It's almost like the blues
    It's almost like a blues
    Almost like a blues

  67. J.... C....

    Stunning

  68. I.... S....

    i wrote the lyrics

  69. R.... ....

    “Spiritual pain is when you can’t stand another moment not knowing the real truth, and when you finally do know you can’t let go.” ― Shannon L. Alder
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    Miserere nobis, Will

  70. F.... R....

    i love this song, the voice...leonard cohen

  71. M.... H....

    Mmmmmmm just great ....

    M.... H....

    So r u!!!

  72. I.... S....

    i wrote it. he sang it well. great recording.

  73. P.... M....

    he wrote this he dared to sing it. Judy Collins hugged & sent him back out to that stage.

    & he did. He went back. & he sang to us.

  74. I.... B....

    My father says i'm chosen, my mother says i'm not, i think father was completely right, RIP Dear Leonard....

    I.... B....

    Women are always right. Hehehahahehah

  75. D.... T....

    RIP , :( , Legend

  76. V.... B....

    Il assure le pere Cohen!.. REP x'

  77. G.... S....

    I had the invitation
    that a sinner can't refuse and its almost like salvation it's almost like the Blues. RIP.
    The Great Leonard.

  78. P.... S....

    reminds me of Hard Rain's gonna fall

  79. I.... S....

    thank you for putting my lryics to use

  80. N.... ....

    great melancholy that will live on....Rest in peace

  81. A.... C....

    adieu tu seras toujours présent et tu embelliras mes jours par ta voix

  82. L.... W....

    R.I.P. Leonard cohen

  83. G.... M....

    Thankyou for what you left us.

  84. w.... m....

    REST IN PEACE :(

  85. N.... C....

    uinforgettable

  86. C.... M....

    Leonard Cohen's folk rock was so melancholy, it was almost like the blues.

  87. M.... S....

    Rip my man

  88. A.... C....

    اغنية عميقة الفكرة و البناء النفسي بالرغم من اختلافي مع المبدع ليونارد كوهين في فلسفة الحياة و نتائجها المؤلمة التي نعيشها حاليا ... اغنية و موسيقى و شعر رائع

    A.... C....

    Alaa Chasib English mate not Arabic 🤨

    A.... C....

    @Iftikhar touseef Raja don't care.
    A just a terrorist Arab says hey I am here.

    A.... C....

    Lukman Ibrahim shut up 🖕🏻

  89. T.... A....

    I have to die a little
    Between each murderous thought
    And when I'm finished thinking
    I have to die a lot
    There's torture and there's killing
    And there's all my bad reviews
    The war, the children missing
    Lord, it's almost like the blues
    It's almost like a blues

  90. a.... ....

    RIP dear LC.

  91. V.... K....

    Sad, sad, sad day; you are no longer here with us.......

    V.... K....

    But we still have you.

  92. S.... ....

    Un grand chanteur canadien vient de rejoindre son épouse et le paradis des poètes on ne te dit pas adieu mais au revoir léonard.......PAPY......un admirateur français.......

  93. L.... C....

    Adiós maestro, gracias por esa voz, esas notas y palabras. Gracias por todo.

  94. L.... -....

    ТЫ ЛУЧШИЙ...