Almost Like The Blues

　　Almost Like The Blues - Leonard Cohen

　　I saw some people starving

　　there was murder there was rape

　　their villages were burning

　　they were trying to escape

　　I couldn't meet their glances

　　I was staring at my shoes

　　I was acid it was tragic

　　it was almost like the blues

　　it was almost like the blues

　　I have to die a little

　　between each murderous thought

　　and when I'm finished thinking

　　I have to die a lot

　　there's torture and there's killing

　　and there's all my bad reviews

　　the war, the children missing, Lord

　　it's almost like the blues

　　it's almost like the blues

　　So I let my heart get frozen

　　to keep away the rot

　　my father says I'm chosen

　　my mother says I'm not

　　I listened to their story

　　of the gypsies and the Jews

　　it was good it wasn't boring

　　it was almost like the blues

　　It was almost like the blues

　　There is no G-d in heaven

　　and there is no hell below

　　so says the grey professor

　　of all there is to know

　　but I've had the invitation

　　that a sinner can't refuse

　　and it's almost like salvation

　　it's almost like the blues

　　It's almost like the blues

　　almost like the blues

　　almost like the blues