A5 F5 It's four in the morning, the end of December D5 E5 I'm writing you now just to see if you're better A5 F5 New York is cold, but I like where I'm living D5 E5 There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening. A5 B5 A5 I hear that you're building your little house B5 deep in the desert A5 G5 You're living for nothing now, A5 G5 I hope you're keeping some kind of record C5 G5 Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair A5 She said that you gave it to her B5 G5 That night that you planned to go clear F5 E5 Did you ever go clear? A5 F5 Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older D5 E5 Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder A5 F5 You'd been to the station to meet every train D5 E5 And you came home without Lili Marlene A5 B5 A5 B5 And you treated my woman to a flake of your life A5 G5 A5 G5 And when she came back she was nobody's wife. C5 G5 Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth A5 One more thin gypsy thief B5 G5 Well I see Jane's awake F5 E5 She sends her regards. A5 F5 And what can I tell you my brother, my killer D5 E5 What can I possibly say? A5 F5 I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you D5 E5 I'm glad you stood in my way. A5 B5 A5 B5 If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me A5 G5 A5 G5 Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free. C5 G5 Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes A5 B5 I thought it was there for good so I never tried. C5 G5 And Jane came by with a lock of your hair A5 She said that you gave it to her B5 G5 That night that you planned to go clear F5 E5 Sincerely, L. Cohen A5 F5 D5 E5
