The Lyrics for Tower of Song by Leonard Cohen have been translated into 6 languages. Meaning to "Tower Of Song" song lyrics (2 meanings) bondy November 25, 2011-15:46. From I'm Your Fan, a Leonard Cohen tribute album Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey I ache in the places I used to play And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on 0. real deep lyrics, as a musician, hank williams is 100 floors above me, but im just plodding on makeing my own music and hoping one day until im old il get noticed for the songs i write,ijustpaymyrent. I don´t know how the river got so wide. About Tower of Song "Tower of Song" is a song written by Leonard Cohen that appears on his 1988 album I'm Your Man. Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen was a concert, which was held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec on November 6, 2017 … Lyrics to 'Tower of Song' by Nick Cave. Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song I was born like this, I had no choice I was born with the gift of a golden voice And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all ... the tower of song. Playlist Karaoke Share. In a 2014 reader's poll, Rolling Stone listed it as the 8th favorite Cohen song. They tied me to this table right here in the tower of song So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll I'm very sorry baby doesn't look like me at all And I'm standing by the window where the light is strong They don't let a woman kill you, not in the tower of song Come on Now you can say that I've grown bitter, hut of this you maybe sure Tower of Song - lyrics C Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man. Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey I ache in the places where I used to play And I'm crazy for love but I'm not comin' on. I see you standing on the other side. The genesis of "Tower of Song" is described in Ira Nadel's 1996 Cohen memoir Various Positions: "Tower of Song" is the keynote work of I'm Your Man. My friends are gone and my hair is grey. In the Tower of Song I was born like this, I had no choice I was born with the gift of a golden voice And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond They tied me to this table right here In the Tower of Song So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll In the Tower of Song I was born like this, I had no choice I was born with the gift of a golden voice And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond They tied me to this table right here In the Tower of Song So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all I loved you, i loved you way back when - About Tower of Song. I'm just payin' my rent every day in the Tower of Song I said to Hank Williams "How lonely does it get?" Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song I was born like this, I had no choice I was born with the gift of a golden voice And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond, They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll I'm very sorry, baby, it doesn't look like me at all [Verse 1] G Well, my friends are gone, and my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play C G And I'm crazy for love, but I'm not coming on D C G I'm just paying my rent everyday in the Tower of Song [Verse 2] G I said to Hank Williams: "How lonely does it get? Oh, a hundred floors above me in the tower of song I was born like this, I had no choice I was born with the gift of a golden voice And twenty-seven angels from the great beyond They tied me to this table right here in the tower of song So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all