A thousand kisses deep

Some time ago a friend got in touch with me on chat after many years and we started talking about music. He said he'd been listening to a song on repeat and he sent me the link and even though I'd heard the song before but it was the poem before the song  that stole my heart. I was listening to it today and I was amazed at how passionate and sensual a man as old as Cohen can come across to be on the sheer strength of his deep deep voice and the hat certainly helps. When he says,"I'm your man." just about any woman including this one wants to believe him. Here's the poem followed by the song. Enjoy!

A thousand kisses deep by Leonard Cohen

You came to me this morning
and you handled me like meat
You'd have to be a man to know
how good that feels, how sweet

My mirror twin, my next of kin
I'd know you in my sleep
And who but you would take me in
A thousand kisses deep

I loved you when you opened
like a lily to the heat
You see I'm just another snowman
standing in the rain and sleet
who loved you with his frozen love
his second hand physique
with all he is and all he was
A thousand kisses deep

I know you had to lie to me
I know you had to cheat
to pose all hot and high
behind a veil of sheer deceit
our perfect porn aristocrat
so elegant and cheap
I'm old but I'm still into that
A thousand kisses deep

I'm good at love I"m good at hate
It's in between I freeze
Been workin' out but it's too late
It's been too late for years
But you look good you really do
They love you on the street
If you were here I'd kneel for you
A thousand kisses deep

The autumn moved across your skin
Got something in my eye
like it doesn't need to live
and it doesn't need to die
A riddle in the book of love
obscure and obsolete
till witnessed here
in time and blood
A thousand kisses deep

And I'm still workin' with the wine
still dancing cheek to cheek
The band is playing "Auld Lang Syne"
The heart will not retreat
I ran with Diz I sang with Ray
I never had their sweep
But once or twice they let me play
A thousand kisses deep

I loved you when you opened
like a lily to the heat
You see I'm just another snowman
standing in the rain and sleet
who loved you with his frozen love
his second hand physique
with all he is and all he was
A thousand kisses deep

But you don't need to hear me now
and every word I speak
it counts against me anyhow
A thousand kisses deep