Field Commander Cohen
Leonard Cohen * Track #4 On New Skin for the Old Ceremony
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Field Commander Cohen by Leonard Cohen
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Cohen, referring to himself in the third person as a soldier, has always embodied both sides of the lover/fighter dichotomy. This song was written shortly after his volunteering to assist Israel in 1973’s Yom Kippur War. He was assigned a morale-boosting tour of singing to the troops.
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Field Commander Cohen Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Field Commander Cohen, he was our most important spy
Wounded in the line of duty
Parachuting acid into diplomatic cocktail parties
Urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles
Leave it all and like a man
Come back to nothing special
Such as waiting rooms, ticket lines
Silver bullet suicides
And messianic ocean tides
And racial roller-coaster rides
And other forms of boredom advertised as poetry
[Chorus]
I know you need your sleep now
I know your life's been hard
But many men are falling
Where you promised to stand guard
[Verse 2]
I never asked but I heard you cast your lot along with the poor
But then I overheard your prayer
That you be this and nothing more
Than just some grateful faithful woman's favourite singing millionaire
The patron saint of envy and the grocer of despair
Working for the Yankee dollar
[Chorus]
I know you need your sleep now
I know your life's been hard
But many men are falling
Where you promised to stand guard
[Verse 3]
Ah, lover come and lie with me, if my lover is who you are
And be your sweetest self awhile until I ask for more, my child
Then let the other selves be wrong, yeah, let them manifest and come
Till every taste is on the tongue
Till love is pierced and love is hung
And every kind of freedom done, then
Oh my love, oh my love, oh my love
Oh my love, oh my love, oh my love
Oh oh my love
Field Commander Cohen Q&A
Who wrote Field Commander Cohen's ?
Field Commander Cohen was written by Leonard Cohen.
Who produced Field Commander Cohen's ?
Field Commander Cohen was produced by John Lissauer & Leonard Cohen.
When did Leonard Cohen release Field Commander Cohen?
Leonard Cohen released Field Commander Cohen on Sun Aug 11 1974.
What did Leonard Cohen say about "Field Commander Cohen"?
I don’t quite remember the genesis of that song, except that “Field Commander Cohen” is an ironic description, although I always loved the Army. And my father had intended to send me to the Kingston Military Academy actually. And if he’d have lived, I would probably have been in the Canadian Army. “...