You Want It Darker:

On The Level

Words by Leonard Cohen, music by Sharon Robinson



                   Eb
I knew that it was wrong, I didn't have a doubt
                         Ab                        Eb
I was dying to get back home and you were starting out
    (Eb)
I said I best be moving on, You said "We have all day"
                        Ab                     Eb
You smiled at me like I was young, it took my breath away
     Cm                               Eb
Your crazy fragrance all around, your secrets all in view
   Cm                                 Bb
My lost, my lost was saying found, my don't was saying do
            Eb
       Let's keep it on the level when I walked away from you
                                                           Ab            Eb
       I turned my back on the devil, turned my back on the angel too
                    Bb
       They ought to give my heart a medal for letting go of you
               Ab                                                Eb
       When I turned my back on the devil, turned my back on the angel too
Now I'm living in this temple where they tell you what to do
I'm old and I've had to settle on a different point of view
I was fighting with temptation, but I didn't want to win
A man like me don't like to see temptation caving in
Your crazy fragrance all around, your secrets in my view
My lost, my lost was saying found, my don't was saying do
       Let's keep it on the level when I walked away from you
       I turned my back on the devil, turned my back on the angel too
       They ought to give my heart a medal for letting go of you
       When I turned my back on the devil, turned my back on the angel too
   
       They ought to give my heart a medal for letting go of you
       When I turned my back on the devil, turned my back on the angel to