I’m a long-time reader of your blog, and a Realtor with Prudential here in San Diego.
This “revelation”, however, is quite illuminating. Leonard Cohen is the vice of not so many, but a powerful, unique musician who I, too, love dearly.
Here’s the words from the song “Everybody Knows” from “Cohen Live”, which I keep in my car, and whose characters remind me sometimes of those we come in contact with professionally on a daily basis.
Enjoy….and pick up the album if you don’t have it!
Everybody Knows
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you’ve been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you’ve been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it’s now or never
Everybody knows that it’s me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you’ve done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe’s still pickin’ cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it’s moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there’s gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you’re in trouble
Everybody knows what you’ve been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it’s coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
Thanks for casting me back to the article you wrote a while ago. There is, in the life of an artist, the ability and gift that allows for great story telling. So any time I hear a great story through the spirit of a lyricist and musician like Leonard Cohen, I am once again brought “round, and round, and round in the Circle Game.”
Well, thanks for taking the time to share a “vice” instead of just “advice.” You and Kris are stricken with something quite remarkable, and in your writings your “vices”, i.e. lust for seeking what’s right and seeking it with a passion, allow many of us to really get our heads and hearts around your “advice.”
Don Reedy says:
Greg,
I’m a long-time reader of your blog, and a Realtor with Prudential here in San Diego.
This “revelation”, however, is quite illuminating. Leonard Cohen is the vice of not so many, but a powerful, unique musician who I, too, love dearly.
Here’s the words from the song “Everybody Knows” from “Cohen Live”, which I keep in my car, and whose characters remind me sometimes of those we come in contact with professionally on a daily basis.
Enjoy….and pick up the album if you don’t have it!
Everybody Knows
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you’ve been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you’ve been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it’s now or never
Everybody knows that it’s me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you’ve done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe’s still pickin’ cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it’s moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there’s gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you’re in trouble
Everybody knows what you’ve been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it’s coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
August 5, 2007 — 4:33 pm
Kris Berg says:
Hey, Don! Why don’t I know you? (Possible answer: Number of Pru agents in San Diego rivals total population of Montana).
August 5, 2007 — 8:12 pm
Greg Swann says:
Hi, Don. I wrote about Leonard Cohen just a little less than a year ago. We watched the DVD of Leonard Cohen — I’m Your Man again just the other night.
August 5, 2007 — 9:32 pm
Don Reedy says:
Greg and Kris,
Thanks for casting me back to the article you wrote a while ago. There is, in the life of an artist, the ability and gift that allows for great story telling. So any time I hear a great story through the spirit of a lyricist and musician like Leonard Cohen, I am once again brought “round, and round, and round in the Circle Game.”
Well, thanks for taking the time to share a “vice” instead of just “advice.” You and Kris are stricken with something quite remarkable, and in your writings your “vices”, i.e. lust for seeking what’s right and seeking it with a passion, allow many of us to really get our heads and hearts around your “advice.”
Keep the passion………..
August 6, 2007 — 6:39 am