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Jennifer Warnes - Came So Far For Beauty Lyrics

Artist: Jennifer Warnes

Album: Miscellaneous

Genre: Pop

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  • Songwriters: Leonard Cohen, John Lissauer

I came so far for beauty
I left so much behind
My patience and my family
My masterpiece unsigned

I thought I'd be rewarded
For such a lonely choice
And maybe he would answer
To such a hopeless voice

I practiced all my sainthood
I gave to one and all
But the rumors of my virtue
They moved him not at all

I changed my style to silver
I changed my clothes to black
And where I would surrender
Now I would attack

I stormed the old casino
For the money and for the flesh
And I myself decided
What was rotten, what was fresh

And men to do my bidding
And broken bones to teach
The value of my pardon
The shadow of my reach

But no, I could not touch him
With such a heavy hand
His star beyond my order
His nakedness unmanned

I came so far for beauty
I left so much behind
My patience and my family
My masterpiece unsigned


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Jennifer Warnes - Miscellaneous Album Lyrics
1.I Know A Heartache When I See One Lyrics
2.Right Time Of The Night Lyrics
3.Famous Blue Raincoat Lyrics
4.Up Where We Belong Lyrics
5.Coming Back To You Lyrics
6.Came So Far For Beauty Lyrics
7.The Whole Of The Moon Lyrics
8.Ain't No Cure For Love Lyrics
9.I'm Dreaming Lyrics
10.It's Raining Lyrics
11.Song Of Bernadette Lyrics
12.First We Take Manhattan Lyrics
13.The Nightengale Lyrics
14.Bird On A Wire Lyrics
15.You Don't Know Me Lyrics
16.Joan Of Arc Lyrics
17.The Well Lyrics
18.The Panther Lyrics
19.Loco Girl (Bonus Track) Lyrics
20.Patriot's Dream Lyrics
21.Invitation to the Blues Lyrics

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