A música Famous Blue Raincoat, escrita por Leonard Cohen, é uma carta para um homem fictício que teve um caso com a esposa ou amante do narrador. A faixa é notável por suas letras poéticas e melancólicas e por seu enredo complexo, explorando temas de traição, arrependimento e perdão. Esta música reflete as experiências pessoais de Cohen e sua habilidade em expressar emoções humanas profundas através de sua composição.
Tom: Am
Introdução:
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It's four in the morning, the end of December
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I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
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New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
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There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
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Bm
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I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
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You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record
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Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
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She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear
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Did you ever go clear?
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Ah, the last time we saw you, you looked so much older
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Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
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You'd been to the station to meet every train
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And you came home without Lili Marlene
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And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
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And when she came back, she was nobody's wife
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Well, I see you there with the rose in your teeth
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One more thin gypsy thief, well, I see Jane's awake
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She sends her regards
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And what can I tell you my brother, my killer?
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What can I possibly say?
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I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
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I'm glad you stood in my way
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If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
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Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
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Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
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I thought it was there for good, so I never tried
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And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
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She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear