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The last song and the third cover on Billy Joel’s 1997 compilation, Greatest Hits, Volume III, was written by Leonard Cohen. The cover was originally recorded for a Leonard Cohen tribute album, Tower of Song, released in 1995.
It was never released as a single.
She stands before you naked
You can see it, you can taste it
And she comes to you light as the breeze
Now you can drink it or you can nurse it
It don't matter how you worship
As long as you're
Down on your knees
So I knelt there at the delta
At the alpha and the omega
At the cradle of the river and the seas
And like a blessing come from heaven
For something like a second
I was healed and my heart
Was at ease
O baby I waited
So long for your kiss
For something to happen
Oh something like this
And you're weak and you're harmless
And you're sleeping in your harness
And the wind going wild
In the trees
And it ain't exactly prison
But you'll never be forgiven
For whatever you've done
With the keys
O baby I waited ...
It's dark now and it's snowing
O my love I must be going
The river has started to freeze
And I'm sick of pretending
I'm broken from bending
I've lived too long on my knees
Then she dances so graceful
And your heart's hard and hateful
And she's naked
But that's just a tease
And you turn in disgust
From your hatred and from your love
And comes to you
Light as the breeze
O baby I waited ...
There's blood on every bracelet
You can see it, you can taste it
And it's Please baby
Please baby please
She says, Drink deeply, pilgrim
Don't forget there's still a woman
Beneath this resplendent chemise
So I knelt there at the delta
At the alpha and the omega
I knelt there like one who believes
And the blessings came from heaven
For something like a second
I was cured and my heart was at ease
Light as the Breeze was written by Leonard Cohen.
Light as the Breeze was produced by David Thoener & Joe “The Butcher” Nicolo & Danny Kortchmar & Billy Joel & Mick Jones & Phil Ramone.
Billy Joel released Light as the Breeze on Tue Aug 19 1997.