Tonight will be fine



Ecrite par Leonard Cohen


Sometimes I find I get to thinking of the past.
We swore to each other our love would surely last.
You kept right on loving, I went on a fast,
Now I am too thin and your love is too vast.

But I know from your eyes,
And I know from your smile,
That tonight will be fine, will be fine,
Will be fine, will be fine for a while.

I choose the rooms that I live in with care,
The windows are small and the walls are almost bare.
There's only one bed and there's only one prayer,
And I listen all night for your step on the stairs.

But I know from your eyes,
And I know from your smile,
That tonight will be fine, will be fine,
Will be fine, will be fine for a while.

Sometimes I see her undressing for me.
She's the soft naked lady, love meant her to be,
And she's moving her body so brave and so free.
If I've got to remember that's a fine memory.

But I know from her eyes,
And I know from her smile,
That tonight will be fine, will be fine,
Will be fine, will be fine for a while.

Still there's one or two of us walking the streets,
No arrows of direction painted under our feet,
No honey to keep us where it is sweet,
And no angels to warn us away from the heat.

But I know from your eyes,
And I know from your smile,
That tonight will be fine, will be fine,
Will be fine, will be fine for a while.

I've looked into the mirrors in numberless places,
They all smile back at me with their troublesome gazes.
In the cards that they dealt me, there weren't any aces,
And the horses never listen to me at the races.

But I know from your eyes,
And I know from your smile,
That tonight will be fine, will be fine,
Will be...