Leonard Cohen

The partisan (Video*)

When they poured across the border, 
I was cautioned to surrender 
This I could not do 
I took my gun and vanished. 

I have changed my name so often 
I've lost my wife and children 
But I have many friends 
And some of them are with me. 

An old woman gave us shelter, 
kept us hidden in the garret 
Then the soldiers came 
She died without a whisper. 

There were three of us this morning 
I'm the only one this evening 
But I will go on 
The frontiers are my prison. 

Instrumental

|: Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing, 
through the graves the wind is blowing 
Freedom soon will come 
Then we'll come from the shadows :|


*Ich gebe hier den Text von der Platte wieder, verlinke aber den Liveauftritt, der sich vor allem dadurch unterscheidet, daß er große Passagen des französischen Originals einfügt, z.T. sogar unter Ersetzung englischer Zeilen - hier Z. 7+8.

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