Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
Leonard Cohen

[Verse 1]
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It seems so long ago, Nancy was alone
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Looking at the Late Late show through a semi-precious stone
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In the House of Honesty her father was on trial
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In the House of Mystery there was no one at all
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there was no one at all
 
 
[Verse 2]
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It seems so long ago, none of us were strong
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Nancy wore green stockings and she slept with everyone
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She never said she'd wait for us although she was alone
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I think she fell in love for us in nineteen sixty one
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In nineteen sixty one
 
 
[Verse 3]
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It seems so long ago, Nancy was alone
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A forty five beside her head, an open telephone
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We told her she was beautiful, we told her she was free
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But none of us would meet her in the House of Mystery
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The House of Mystery
 
 
[Verse 4]
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And now you look around you, see her everywhere
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Many use her body, many comb her hair
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In the hollow of the night when you are cold and numb
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You hear her talking freely then She's happy that you've come
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She's happy that you've come
 
 
[Outro]
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