To a Teacher
Leonard Cohen * Track #11 On Dear Heather
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To a Teacher by Leonard Cohen
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The lyrics first appeared as a poem in a book Cohen published before the start of his music carreer, 1961’s The Spice-Box of Earth. It is recitated here to a mellow, jazzy beat.
Much like Go No More A-Roving, it is dedicated to a poet from the Montreal Group, this time A. M. Klein, who Cohen probab...
To a Teacher Lyrics
Hurt once and for all into silence
A long pain ending without a song to prove it
Who could stand beside you so close to Eden
When you glinted in every eye the held-high razor
Shivering every ram and son?
Now, silent looney-bin
Where the shadows live in the rafters like day-weary bats
Until the turning mind, a radar signal
Lures them to exaggerate mountain-size on the white stone wall
Your tiny limp
How can I leave you in such a house?
Are there no more saints and wizards
To praise their ways with pupils
No more evil to stun with the slap of a wet red tongue?
Did you confuse the Messiah in a mirror
And rest because he had finally come?
Let me cry help beside you, teacher
I have entered under this dark roof
As fearlessly as an honoured son enters his father's house
To a Teacher Q&A
Who wrote To a Teacher's ?
To a Teacher was written by Leonard Cohen.
Who produced To a Teacher's ?
To a Teacher was produced by Leanne Ungar.
When did Leonard Cohen release To a Teacher?
Leonard Cohen released To a Teacher on Tue Oct 26 2004.