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A Thousand Kisses Deep by Leonard Cohen

The (1)____________ run, the (2)__________ are young
The odds are there to beat
You win a while, and then it's done
Your (3)____________ winning streak
And (4)________________ now to deal
With your (5)____________________ defeat
You live your (6)________ as if it's real
A thousand kisses deep
I'm (7)______________ tricks, I'm getting fixed
I'm back on Boogie Street
You lose (8)________ grip, and (9)________ you slip
Into the masterpiece
And maybe I had miles to drive
And (10)________________ to keep
You ditch it all to stay alive
A (11)________________ kisses deep

And sometimes when the (12)__________ is slow
The wretched and the meek
We gather up our (13)____________ and go
A thousand kisses deep
Confined to sex, we (14)______________ against
The limits of the sea
I saw there were no oceans left
For (15)____________________ like me
I made it to the (16)______________ deck
I blessed our remnant fleet
And then (17)__________________ to be wrecked
A (18)________________ kisses deep
I'm (19)______________ tricks, I'm getting fixed
I'm (20)________ on Boogie street
I guess they won’t exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep
And quiet is the (21)______________ of you
The file on you complete
Except what we forgot to do
A thousand kisses deep

And sometimes when the night is slow
The (22)________________ and the meek
We (23)____________ up our hearts and go
A thousand kisses deep
The ponies run, the girls are young
The (24)________ are there to beat
You win a while, and then it's done
Your little (25)______________ streak
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat
You live your life as if it's real
A (26)________________ kisses deep

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