Is This What You Wanted Lyrics by Leonard Cohen

Is This What You Wanted Lyrics

    You were the promise at dawn,
    I was the morning after.
    You were Jesus Christ my Lord,
    I was the money lender.
    You were the sensitive woman,
    I was the very reverend Freud.
    You were the manual orgasm,
    I was the dirty little boy.

    And is this what you wanted
    to live in a house that is haunted
    by the ghost of you and me?

    Is this what you wanted...

    You were Marlon Brando,
    I was Steve McQueen.
    You were K.Y. Jelly,
    I was Vaseline.
    You were the father of modern medicine,
    I was Mr. Clean.
    You where the whore and the beast of Babylon,
    I was Rin Tin Tin.

    And is this what you wanted...

    And is this what you wanted...

    You got old and wrinkled,
    I stayed seventeen.
    You lusted after so many,
    I lay here with one.
    You defied your solitude,
    I came through alone.
    You said you could never love me,
    I undid your gown.

    And is this what you wanted...

    And is this what you wanted...

    I mean is this what you wanted...

    That's right, is this what you wanted...

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