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	Current version of Leonard Cohen Lyrics Democracy (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/l/leonard-cohen/democracy/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Leonard Cohen Lyrics Democracy (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/l/leonard-cohen/democracy/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	It's coming through a hole in the air						It's coming through a hole in the air,	1
2	From those nights in Tienanmen Square						from those nights in Tiananmen Square.	2
	It's coming from the feel						It's coming from the feel
3	That this ain't exactly real						that this ain't exactly real,	3
4	Or it's real but it ain't exactly there						or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.	4
5							From the wars against disorder,	5
6	From the wars against disorder						from the sirens night and day,	6
7	From the sirens night and day						from the fires of the homeless,	7
8	From the fires of the homeless						from the ashes of the gay:	8
9	From                 the ashes of the gay						Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.	9
10	Democracy is coming to               the U.S.A.						It's     coming through a crack in the wall;	10
11							on a visionary flood of alcohol;	11
12	And it's coming through a crack in the wall						from                                      the staggering account	12
13	On a visionary flood of alcohol						of the Sermon on the Mount	13
14	From the staggering account						which I don't pretend to understand at all.	14
1	Of the Sermon on the Mount							1
2	Which I don't pretend to understand at all							2
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	It's coming from the silence						It's coming from the silence
15	On the dock of the bay						on the dock of the bay,	15
16	From the brave, the bold, the battered						from the brave, the bold, the battered	16
17	Heart of Chevrolet						heart of Chevrolet:	17
	Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.						Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
18	It's coming from the sorrow in the street						It's coming from the sorrow in the street,	18
19	The holy places where the races meet						the holy places where the races meet;	19
20	From the homicidal bitchin'						from the homicidal bitchin'	20
21	That goes down in every kitchen						that goes down in every kitchen	21
22	To determine who will serve and who will eat						to determine who will serve and who will eat.	22
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	From the wells of disappointment						From the wells of disappointment
23	Where the women kneel to pray						where the women kneel to pray	23
24	For the grace of God in the desert here						for the grace of God in the desert here	24
25	And the desert far away						and the desert far away:	25
	Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.						Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
	Sail on, sail on						Sail on, sail on
26	O mighty ship of state						O mighty Ship of State!	26
27	To the shores of need						To the Shores of Need	27
28	Past the reefs of greed						Past the Reefs of Greed	28
29	Through the squalls of hate						Through the Squalls of Hate	29
30	Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on						Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on.	30
31	It's coming to America first						It's coming to America first,	31
32	The cradle of the best and of the worst						the cradle of the best and of the worst.	32
	It's here they got the range						It's here they got the range
33	And the machinery for change						and the machinery for change	33
34	And it's here they got the spiritual thirst						and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.	34
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	It's here the family's broken						It's here the family's broken
35	And it's here the lonely say						and it's here the lonely say	35
36	That the heart has got to open						that the heart has got to open	36
37	In a fundamental way						in a fundamental way:	37
	Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.						Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
38	It's coming from the women and the men						It's coming from the women and the men.	38
39	O baby we'll be making love again						O baby, we'll be making love again.	39
	We'll be going down so deep						We'll be going down so deep
40	The river's going to weep						the river's going to weep,	40
41	And the mountain's going to shout "Amen"						and the mountain's going to shout Amen!	41
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	It's coming like the tidal flood						It's coming like the tidal flood
42	Beneath the lunar sway						beneath the lunar sway,	42
43	Imperial, mysterious						imperial, mysterious,	43
44	In amorous array						in amorous array:	44
	Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.						Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
45	Sail on, sail on						Sail on, sail on ...	45
7	O mighty ship of state							7
8	To the shores of need							8
9	Past the reefs of greed							9
10	Through the squalls of hate							10
11	Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on							11
46	I'm sentimental if you know what I mean						I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean	46
47	I love the country but I can't stand the scene						I love the country but I can't stand the scene.	47
	And I'm neither left or right						And I'm neither left or right
48	I'm just staying home tonight						I'm just staying home tonight,	48
49	Getting lost in that hopeless little screen						getting lost in that hopeless little screen.	49
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	But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags						But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
50	That time cannot decay						that Time cannot decay,	50
	I'm junk but I'm still holding up						I'm junk but I'm still holding up
51	This little wild bouquet						this little wild bouquet:	51
52	Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.						Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.	52
13	To the U.S.A.							13

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