written by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
Chords: Am7/e: 002010 Bb6: x13333
F Dm
Suddenly the night has grown colder.
C Bb C F
The god of love preparing to depart.
F Dm
Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder
Bb C F
They slip between the sentries of the heart.
Am7 Bb
Upheld by the simplicities of pleasure
Gm C
They gain the light, they formlessly entwine
F Dm
And radiant beyond your widest measure
Bb C F
They fall among the voices and the wine.
Bb C Dm
It's not a trick, your senses all deceiving
Bb C
A fitful dream, the morning will exhaust
F Am7/e Dm C Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Bb6 C F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
F Dm
Even though she sleeps upon your satin
C Bb C F
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
F Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined
C Bb C F
Do not stoop to strategies like this.
Am7 Bb
As someone long prepared for this to happen
Gm C
Go firmly to the window. Drink it in.
F Dm
Exquisite music. Alexandra laughing.
Bb C F
Your first commitments tangible again.
Bb C Dm
And you who had the honor of her evening
Bb C
And by that honor had your own restored
F Am7/e Dm C Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
Bb6 C F
Alexandra leaving with her lord.
Bb C Dm
Even though she sleeps upon your satin
Bb C Dm
Even though she wakes you with a kiss.
Bb C Dm
Do not say the moment was imagined
Gm C
Do not stoop to strategies like this.
F Dm
As someone long prepared for the occasion
C Bb C F
In full command of every plan you wrecked
F Dm
Do not choose a coward's explanation
C Bb C F
That hides behind the cause and the effect.
Bb C Dm
And you who were bewildered by a meaning
Bb C
Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed
F Am7/e Dm C Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Bb6 C F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
F Am7/e Dm C Bb
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Bb6 C F
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.