Leonard Cohen - Blessed Is the Memory lyrics

I remember the promise that you
Made in the barn
When the kittens were born and
You could not keep warm
So you moved away the mountain
That the sun rose behind
And you said yourself a prayer and
Laid down with the blind
But you lost them in your freedom
And you need him now, you're wild
Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

And the vow of compassion that
You swore through your teeth
When the war began to end
And the photographs weep
Well, nobody blames you as
The train pulls away with it's cargo of snow
For these German paper-weights
But you lost them in your freedom
And you need him now, you're wild
Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

Well, it's five in the morning
There's no one home
Except for your wife and your
Child on the phone
Somebody's got to listen to a promise or two
Oh, this room is far too small
For a pilgrim like you
But you lost them in your freedom
And you need him now, you're wild
Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

So, now that you've decided to follow the sun
Like a shadow of birds or a king on the run
Oh, your chains are too dark for
The seas you must swim
You are smiling at the seaweed but
Your smile is too grim
But you lost them in your freedom
And you need him now, you're wild
Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child
Blessed is the memory of everybody's child