sorry, that last post was a mistake. thoough I don't like The Partisan very much either, what I was talking about was Un Canadien Errant, actually.

I don't like The Partisan. Especially when he sings in French. It took me a while until I realized which language that was meant to be ...

Two lines I like for their brutal honesty: When it all comes down to dust/I will kill you if I must/I will help you if I can When it all comes down to dust/I will help you if I must/I will kill you if I can Quick as dogs and truly dead were we - and free as running water, free as running water, free...

This is more difficult than I thought. So I decided to give two answers. The first song in the list below is the one I prefer RIGHT NOW. The second answer is an attempt to remember which of the songs used to be my favourite for the longest period(s) of time (considering the last 25 years or so :-)) ...

Seems So Long Ago, Nancy

... because it's about the real suicide of a real girl. In my opinion, it's the only Cohen song that is really sad through and through.

Aah, and of cause:

I'm waited at the traffic jam
they're saving me a seat ...

"So the great affair is over, but who ever would have guessed it would leave us all so vacant and so deeply unimpressed" from Death Of A Ladies' Man ...it was mentioned before, but it's my absolute top favourite one, so here again it comes: "... and I can't forget, I can't forget, I c...

....Hhhrrrmh....gnagnagna ... Well, actually, it's better that way - for his lung & health & heart ... and i stopped smoking, too, in the meantime ...well, reduced smoing to one cigarette a month or so ... but still ... This thing i made out of coloured, fused glass - it's an ashtray. What s...

Hi jarkko, Thanks a lot! :D After all this time (>5 years) I kept the gift here, I don't mind about a few months more or less. I just hope he appreciates it ... by the way, do you now if Leonard still smokes? ***No, he doesn't [but this may change after his 80th birthday - according to his own words...

Hello, I'm new on this site, but an old fan (which means, for about 65 % of my middle-aged lifetime). Anyway, I have a gift for Leonard Cohen. Something I made myself while listening to his music. I planned to have it given to him after the concert in Lörrach in 2008, as I new someone who worked bac...