Lyrics Happens to the Heart - Leonard Cohen

Happens to the Heart - Leonard Cohen
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Happens to the Heart, artist - Leonard Cohen.
Date of issue: 21.11.2019
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English

Happens to the Heart

I was always working steady
But I never called it art
I got my shit together
Meeting Christ and reading Marx
It failed my little fire
But it's bright the dying spark
Go tell the young messiah
What happens to the heart
There's a mist of summer kisses
Where I tried to double-park
The rivalry was vicious
The women were in charge
It was nothing, it was business
But it left an ugly mark
I've come here to revisit
What happens to the heart
I was selling holy trinkets
I was dressing kind of sharp
Had a pussy in the kitchen
And a panther in the yard
In the prison of the gifted
I was friendly with the guards
So I never had to witness
What happens to the heart
I should have seen it coming
After all I knew the chart
Just to look at her was trouble
It was trouble from the start
Sure we played a stunning couple
But I never liked the part
It ain't pretty, it ain't subtle
What happens to the heart
Now the angel's got a fiddle
The devil's got a harp
Every soul is like a minnow
Every mind is like a shark
I've broken every window
But the house, the house is dark
I care but very little
What happens to the heart
Then I studied with this beggar
He was filthy, he was scarred
By the claws of many women
He had failed to disregard
No fable here no lesson
No singing meadowlark
Just a filthy beggar guessing
What happens to the heart
I was always working steady
But I never called it art
It was just some old convention
Like the horse before the cart
I had no trouble betting
On the flood, against the ark
You see, I knew about the ending
What happens to the heart
I was handy with a rifle
My father's .303
I fought for something final
Not the right to disagree

Share lyrics:

Write what you think about the lyrics!

Other songs of the artist:

NameYear
Hallelujah 2012
Nevermind 2015
Famous Blue Raincoat 1971
Everybody Knows 2014
Born To Lose ft. Leonard Cohen 1992
So Long, Marianne 2014
Master Song 1967
Stories of the Street 1967
Teachers 1967
One of Us Cannot Be Wrong 1967
Store Room 1967
Blessed Is the Memory 1967
Joan Of Arc 1971
Chelsea Hotel ft. Meshell Ndegeocello, Leonard Cohen 2011
The Jungle Line ft. Leonard Cohen 2006
Since You've Asked ft. Leonard Cohen 2013
Hallelujah (Made Famous by Alexandra Burke) ft. St. Martin’s Symphony Of Los Angeles, Johann Heinrich Jr. 2009

Artist lyrics: Leonard Cohen