Democracy

Leonard Cohen - The Future

it's coming through a hole in the air
from those nights in Tianamen square
it's coming from the feel that this ain't exactly real
or it's real but it ain't exactly there
from the war against disorder
from the sirens night and day
from the fires of the homeless
from the ashes of the gay

democracy is coming to the USA

it's coming through a crack in the wall
on a visionary flood of alcohol
from the staggering account of the sermon on the mount
which i don't pretend to understand at all
it's coming from the silence on the dock of the bay
from the brave, the bold, the battered, heart of Chevrolet

democracy is coming to the USA

it's coming from the sorrow in the street
the holy places where the races meet
from the homicidal bitchin'
that goes down in every kitchen
to determine who will serve and who will eat
from the wells of disappointment where the women kneel to pray
for the grace of God in the desert here and the desert far away

democracy is coming to the USA

sail on, sail on
oh mighty ship of state
to the shores of need
past the reefs of greed
through the squalls of hate
sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on

it's coming to america first
the cradle of the best of the worst
it's here they got the range and the machinery of change
and it's here they got the spiritual thirst
it's here the family's broken and it's here the lonely say
that the heart has got to open in a fundamental way

democracy is coming to the USA

it's coming from the women and the men
oh baby, we'll be makin' love again
will be going down so deep the river's going to weep
and the mountain's going to shout amen
it's coming like the tidal flood beneath the lunar sway
imperial, mysterious in amorous array

democracy is coming to the USA

sail on, sail on
oh mighty ship of steel
to the shores of need
past the reefs of greed
through the squalls of hate
sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on

i'm sentimental if you know what i mean
i love the country but i can't stand the scene
and i'm neither left or right
i'm just staying home tonight
getting lost in that hopeless little screen
but i'm stubborn as those garbage bags
that time cannot decay
i'm junk but i'm still holding up this little wild bouquet

democracy is coming to the USA, to the USA
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