[Spoken Intro: Leonard Cohen]
It's uh, it's been a long time since I stood on a stage in London
T'was about uh, about uh, 14 or 15 years ago
I was 60 years old, just a kid with a crazy dream
Now, since then I've taken a lot of, uh, Prozac, Paxcil, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Ritalin, Focalin
I've also, uh, studied deeply in the philosophies and the religions but cheerfulness kept breaking through
But I, I want to tell you something that, uh, I think will not easily be contradicted
There ain't no cure for love
[Verse 1: Leonard Cohen, All]
I loved you for a long, long time
I know this love is real
It don't matter how it all went wrong
That don't change the way I feel
And I can't believe that time is
Gonna heal this wound that I'm speaking of
There ain't no cure
There ain't no cure
There ain't no cure for love
[Verse 2: Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen and Backup Singers]
I'm achin' for you baby
And I can't pretend I'm not
I need to see you naked
In your body and your thought
You see, I got you like a habit
And I'll never get enough
There ain't no cure
There ain't no cure
There ain't no cure for love
[Chorus: Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson, Hattie Webb, and Charlie Webb]
There ain't no cure for love
There ain't no cure for love
All the rocket ships are climbin' through the sky
The holy books are open wide
The doctors workin' day and night
But they'll never, ever find that cure no cure for love
There ain't no drink no drug
(Ah, tell 'em, angels)
There's nothing pure enough to be a cure for love
[Verse 3: Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen and Backup Singers]
I see you in the subway and I see you ridin' in the bus
I see you lyin' down with me, and I see you wakin' up
I see your hand, I see your, your hair
Your bracelets and your brush
And I call to you, I call to you
But I don't call soft enough
There ain't no cure
There ain't no cure
There ain't no cure for love
[Verse 4: Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen and Backup Singers]
I walked into this empty church, there was no place else to go
When the sweetest voice I ever heard whispered to my soul
I don't need to be forgiven for lovin' you so much
It's written in the scriptures
It's written there in blood
I even heard the angels declare it from above
There ain't no cure
There ain't no cure
There ain't no cure for love
[Chorus: Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson, Hattie Webb, and Charlie Webb]
There ain't no cure for love
There ain't no cure for love
All the rocket ships are climbin' through the sky
The holy books are open wide
The doctors working day and night
But they'll never ever find that cure no cure for love
No cure for love
(Dino Soldo on the Saxophone)
There ain't no cure for love
No cure for love
(Sharon Robinson)
There ain't no cure for love
(Hattie and Charlie Webb, The Webb Sisters)
No cure for love