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Riff: Leonard Cohen – “A Street”

Sep 23, 2014

The party’s over/But I’ve landed on my fee/I’ll be standing on this corner/Where there used to be a street

from A Street lyrics by Leonard Cohen

A slight pick up, but still very much moving at a slow and tempered pace – one that comes after a few stiff drinks and a whirlwind of thoughts. The blues-infused rhythm – accompanied by some subtle brass and a dusty organ – add a thick aroma of smoke. The streets are his home and this is his ode.

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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