Nightingale
Leonard Cohen
N.C. I built my house beside the wood N.C. So I could hear you singing N.C. And it was sweet and it was good N.C. And love was all beginning N.C. Fare thee well my nightingale N.C. 'Twas long ago I found you N.C. Now all your songs of beauty fail N.C. The forest closes 'round you The sun goes down behind a veil 'Tis now that you would call me So rest in peace my nightingale Beneath your branch of holly Fare thee well my nightingale 'Twas long ago I found you Now all your songs of beauty fail The forest closes 'round you Fare thee well my nightingale I lived but to be near you Tho' you are singing somewhere still I can no longer he- -ar you