I love to speak with Leonard

He’s a sportsman and a shepherd

He’s a lazy bastard

Living in a suit

 

But he does say what I tell him

Even though it isn’t welcome

He will never have the freedom

To refuse

 

He will speak these words of wisdom

Like a sage, a man of vision

Though he knows he’s really nothing

But the brief elaboration of a tube

- First three stanzas of Leonard Cohen’s poem in the magazine this week, “Going Home.” Cohen also set the poem to music, which will be featured on his upcoming album, “Old Ideas.” Click through to listen to Cohen sing “Going Home”: http://nyr.kr/wI5WK1