I Came So Far For Beauty Lyrics by Leonard Cohen

I Came So Far For Beauty Lyrics

    I came so far for beauty
    I left so much behind
    My patience and my family
    My masterpiece unsigned
    I thought I'd be rewarded
    For such a lonely choice
    And surely she would answer
    To such a very hopeless voice
    I practiced all my sainthood
    I gave to one and all
    But the rumours of my virtue
    They moved her not at all
    I changed my style to silver
    I changed my clothed to black
    And where I would surrender
    Now I would attack
    I stormed the old casino
    For the money and the flesh
    And I myself decided
    What was rotten and what was fresh
    And men to do my bidding
    And broken bones to teach
    The value of my pardon
    The shadow of my reach
    But no, I could not touch her
    With such a heavy hand
    Her star beyond my order
    Her nakedness unmanned
    I came so far for beauty
    I left so much behind
    My patience and my family
    My masterpiece unsigned.

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