Joan of Arc
(with guest vocal by Leonard Cohen
(L. Cohen
Now the flames they followed Joan of Ar
as she came riding through the dark
no moon to keep her armour bright
no man to get her through this dark and smoky night
She said, "I'm tired of the war
I want the kind of work I had before
a wedding dress or something whit
to wear upon my swollen appetite."
Well, I'm glad to hear you talk this way
you know I've watched you riding every da
and something in me yearns to wi
such a cold and lonesome heroine
"And who are you?" she sternly spok
to the one beneath the smoke
"Why, I'm fire," he replied
"And I love your solitude, I love your pride."
"Well then fire, make your body cold
I'm gonna give you mine to hold,"
saying this she climbed insid
to be his one, to be his only bride
And deep into his fiery hear
he took the dust of Joan of Arc
and high above all these wedding guest
he hung the ashes of her lovely wedding dress
La..
It was deep into his fiery hear
he took the dust of Joan of Arc
and then she clearly understoo
if he was fire, oh she must be wood
I saw her wince, I saw her cry
I saw the glory in her eye
Myself I long for love and light
but must it come so cruel, must it be so brave?
La...
Printable Version