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Leonard Cohen
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It's coming through a hole in the air
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]from those nights in tiananmen square
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It's coming from the feel
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That it ain't exactly real
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Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there
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]from the wars against disorder
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]from the sirens night and day
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]from the fires of the homeless
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]from the ashes of the gay
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Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.
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It's coming through a crack in the wall
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On a visionary flood of alcohol
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]from the staggering account
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Of the sermon on the mount
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Which I don't pretend to understand at all
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It's coming from the silence
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On the dock of the bay
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]from the brave, the bold, the battered
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Heart of chevrolet
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Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.
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It's coming from the sorrow on the street
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The holy places where the races meet
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]from the homicidal bitchin'
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That goes down in every kitchen
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To determine who will serve and who will eat
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]from the wells of disappointment
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Where the women kneel to pray
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For the grace of God in the desert here
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And the desert far away
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Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.
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Chorus
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Sail on, sail on
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O mighty ship of state!
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To the shores of need
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Past the reefs of greed
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Through the squalls of hate
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Sail on, sail on, sail on...
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It's coming to america first
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The cradle of the best and of the worst
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It's here they got the range
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And the machinery for change
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And it's here they got the spiritual thirst
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It's here the family's broken
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And it's here the lonely say
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That the heart has got to open
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In a fundamental way
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Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.
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It's coming from the women and the men
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O baby, we'll be making love again
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We'll be going down so deep
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That the river's going to weep
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And the mountain's going to shout amen!
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It's coming like the tidal flood
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Beneath the lunar sway
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Imperial, mysterious
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In amorous array
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Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.
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Chorus
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I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
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I love the country but I can't stand the scene
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And I'm neither left or right
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I'm just staying home tonight
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Getting lost in that hopeless little screen
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But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
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That time cannot decay
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I'm junk but I'm still holding up
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This little wild bouquet
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Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.
Leonard Cohen - Democracy (Official Vide...
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