written by Leonard Cohen & Anjani Thomas
intro: B A E
E A
Had to go crazy to love you
E B
Had to go down to the pit
E (E7) A
Had to do time in the tower
F# B
Begging my crazy to quit
E A
Had to go crazy to love you
E /c# B
You who were never the one
E (E7) A
Whom I chased through the souvenir heartache
E B A E
Her braids and her blouse all undone
C#m B
Sometimes I'd head for the highway
C#m F# B
I'm old and the mirrors don't lie
E G# C#
But crazy has places to hide in
F# B
That are deeper than any goodbye
Had to go crazy to love you
Had to let everything fall
Had to be people I hated
Had to be no one at all
I'm tired of choosing desire
I've been saved by a blessed fatigue
The gates of commitment unwired
E B E
And nobody trying to leave
Sometimes I'd head for the highway
I'm old and the mirrors don't lie
But crazy has places to hide in
That are deeper than any goodbye
Had to go crazy to love you
You who were never the one
Whom I chased through the souvenir heartache
E B A E
Her braids and her blouse all undone