Leonard Cohen - Love Calls You By Your Name

C Em C Em

C Em
you thought that it could never happen
C Em
to all the people that you became ,
C A C A
your body lost in legend , the beast so very tame .
Fm
but here , right here ,
Bm A
between the birthmark and the stain ,
Bm A
between the ocean and your open vein ,
Bm A
between the snowman and the rain ,
G E G
once again , once again ,
D A D
love calls you by your name .

the women in your scrapbook
whom you still praise and blame ,
you say they chained you to your fingernails
and you climb the halls of fame .
oh but here , right here ,
between the peanuts and the cage ,
between the darkness and the stage ,
between the hour and the age ,
once again , once again ,
love calls you by your name .

shouldering your loneliness
like a gun that you will not learn to aim ,
you stumble into this movie house ,
then you climb , you climb into the frame .
yes , and here , right here
between the moonlight and the lane ,
between the tunnel and the train ,
between the victim and his stain ,
once again , once again ,
love calls you by your name .

i leave the lady meditating
on the very love which i , i do not wish to claim ,
i journey down the hundred steps ,
but the street is still the very same .
and here , right here ,
between the dancer and his cane ,
between the sailboat and the drain ,
between the newsreel and your tiny pain ,
once again , once again ,
love calls you by your name .

where are you , judy , where are you , anne?
where are the paths your heroes came?
wondering out loud as the bandage pulls away ,
was i , was i only limping , was i really lame?
oh here , come over here ,
between the windmill and the grain ,
between the sundial and the chain ,
between the traitor and her pain ,
once again , once again ,
love calls you by your name .