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Riff: Leonard Cohen – “My Oh My”

Sep 23, 2014

Wasn’t hard to love you/Didn’t have to try/Wasn’t hard to love you/Didn’t have to try/Held you for a little while/My Oh My Oh My

from My Oh My lyrics by Leonard Cohen

As soon as that twang hits you know what you’re in for, a sleepy yet dramatic exchange between a man and a woman. But the complexity of that relationship is what gives it depth. It shows how love can come in any form – that the brief exchanges, the ones that come and go, can be just as meaningful.

 

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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