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Leonard Cohen

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Waiting for the miracle
There's nothing left to do.
I haven't been this happy
since the end of World War II.
--
"Waiting for the Miracle" (co-written with Sharon Robinson)

 
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Should've quit while I was ahead;
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Opened up the paper to World War IV.
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