Ain’t No Cure for Love (Live in London)

Lyrics

[Spoken Intro: Leonard Cohen] It's uh, it's been a long time since I stood on a stage in London T'was about uh, about uh, 14 or 15 years ago I was 60 years old, just a kid with a crazy dream Now, since then I've taken a lot of, uh, Prozac, Paxcil, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Ritalin, Focalin I've also, uh, studied deeply in the philosophies and the religions but cheerfulness kept breaking through But I, I want to tell you something that, uh, I think will not easily be contradicted There ain't no cure for love [Verse 1: Leonard Cohen, All] I loved you for a long, long time I know this love is real It don't matter how it all went wrong That don't change the way I feel And I can't believe that time is Gonna heal this wound that I'm speaking of There ain't no cure There ain't no cure There ain't no cure for love [Verse 2: Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen and Backup Singers] I'm achin' for you baby And I can't pretend I'm not I need to see you naked In your body and your thought You see, I got you like a habit And I'll never get enough There ain't no cure There ain't no cure There ain't no cure for love [Chorus: Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson, Hattie Webb, and Charlie Webb] There ain't no cure for love There ain't no cure for love All the rocket ships are climbin' through the sky The holy books are open wide The doctors workin' day and night But they'll never, ever find that cure no cure for love There ain't no drink no drug (Ah, tell 'em, angels) There's nothing pure enough to be a cure for love [Verse 3: Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen and Backup Singers] I see you in the subway and I see you ridin' in the bus I see you lyin' down with me, and I see you wakin' up I see your hand, I see your, your hair Your bracelets and your brush And I call to you, I call to you But I don't call soft enough There ain't no cure There ain't no cure There ain't no cure for love [Verse 4: Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen and Backup Singers] I walked into this empty church, there was no place else to go When the sweetest voice I ever heard whispered to my soul I don't need to be forgiven for lovin' you so much It's written in the scriptures It's written there in blood I even heard the angels declare it from above There ain't no cure There ain't no cure There ain't no cure for love [Chorus: Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson, Hattie Webb, and Charlie Webb] There ain't no cure for love There ain't no cure for love All the rocket ships are climbin' through the sky The holy books are open wide The doctors working day and night But they'll never ever find that cure no cure for love No cure for love (Dino Soldo on the Saxophone) There ain't no cure for love No cure for love (Sharon Robinson) There ain't no cure for love (Hattie and Charlie Webb, The Webb Sisters) No cure for love