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Tower of Song

from Fire in the Blue by Amanda Jackson Band

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TOWER OF SONG
Songwriters: Leonard Cohen
Tower of Song lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Interpreted by Amanda Jackson Band

All my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in all the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song

I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
But I hear him coughing all night long
Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song

I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond
They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song

So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all
I'm standing by the window where the light is strong
Ah, they don't let a woman kill you, not in the Tower of Song

Now, you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
And there's a mighty judgment coming, but I may be wrong
I keep hearing these funny voices in the Tower of Song

I see you standing on the other side
I don't know how the river got so wide
I loved you baby, way back when
And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed
But I feel so far from everything that we lost
We'll never, we'll never have to lose it again

Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back
They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone
I'll be speaking to you sweetly from the Tower of Song

Yeah, my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song

credits

from Fire in the Blue, released July 1, 2017
Amanda Jackson - Lead Vocals
Dale McKie - Guitar
Todd MacLean - Piano, Vocals
Reg Ballagh - Percussion
Jon Rehder - Bass

Songwriters: Leonard Cohen
Tower of Song lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Interpreted by Amanda Jackson Band

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Amanda Jackson Band Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Amanda Jackson has one of those voices that can transport you to another place, the warmth and depth captures you somewhere beyond your ears. Steeped in soul, with a bluesy edge, she can melt you with a sweet lullaby in one breath and knock you to your knees with her soaring vocals in the next one. Amanda is joined by co-writers and multi-talented musicians, Dale McKie and Todd MacLean. ... more

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