A Thousand Kisses Deep
Leonard Cohen
The ponies run the girls are young the odds are there to beat You win a while and then it's done your little winning streak And summoned now to deal with your invincible defeat you live your life as if it's real a thousand kisses deep I'm turning tricks I'm getting fixed I'm back on Boogie Street You lose your grip and then you slip into the masterpiece And maybe I had miles to drive and promises to keep You ditch it all to stay alive a thousand kisses deep And sometimes when the night is slow the wretched and the meek We gather up our hearts and go a thousand kisses deep Confined to sex we pressed against the limits of the sea I saw there were no oceans left for scavengers like me I made it to the forward deck I blessed our remnant fleet and then consented to be wrecked a thousand kisses deep I'm turning tricks I'm getting fixed I'm back on Boogie Street I guess they won't exchange the gifts that you were meant to keep And quiet is the thought of you the file on you complete Except what we forgot to do a thousand kisses deep And sometimes when the night is slow the wretched and the meek We gather up our hearts and go a thousand kisses deep The ponies run the girls are young the odds are there to beat You win a while and then it's done your little winning streak And summoned now to deal with your invincible defeat you live your life as if it's real a thousand kisses deep