The Prison - Lyrics by Leonard Cohen


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I was high and dry like the Kansas sky

If I ached for any more I knew I'd surely die

Night after night trying to get out of my skin

Day after lonely day

You'd send me back again

I have stood inside this prison
I have touched its stony walls
I know before you try to run

You gotta learn to crawl
I tried to leave it all behind me
I drove all night just to drive all day

But the walls of this prison still surround me

And I can't break away

I held you so close I thought my soul would break

But you were just a ghost

The holiest mistake
I will not be a judge or the one to set you free
I'll just keep on drivin'

And time's a friend to me

I have stood inside this prison
I have touched its stony walls
I know before you try to run

You gotta learn to crawl
I tried to leave it all behind me
I drove all night I drove all day

But the walls of this prison still surround me

And I can't break away


The sentence has been read everything is done
I wish I could say goodbye to you

Wish I could hold the sun

My eyes are dull and burnt

And they lie to me sometimes

Cause I thought I saw you cryin'

I have stood inside this prison
I have touched its stony walls
I know before you try to run

You gotta learn to crawl
I tried to leave it all behind me

In my dreams somehow I got away

But the walls of this prison still surround me

And I can't break away
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