Print

A Thousand Kisses Deep by Leonard Cohen

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

And sometimes when the night is slow
The wretched and the meek
We gather up our hearts and go
A thousand kisses deep
Confined to sex, we pressed against
The limits of the sea
I saw there were no oceans left
For (10)____________________ like me
I made it to the (11)______________ deck
I blessed our (12)______________ fleet
And then (13)__________________ to be wrecked
A thousand kisses deep
I'm (14)______________ tricks, I'm getting fixed
I'm back on Boogie street
I guess they won’t (15)________________ the gifts
That you were meant to keep
And quiet is the thought of you
The file on you complete
Except (16)________ we forgot to do
A thousand kisses deep

And (17)__________________ (18)________ the night is slow
The wretched and the meek
We (19)____________ up our (20)____________ and go
A thousand kisses deep
The ponies run, the girls are young
The odds are there to beat
You win a while, and then it's done
Your little winning streak
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat
You live your (21)________ as if it's real
A thousand (22)____________ deep

Answers:
(1) ponies(2) odds(3) there(4) back(5) Boogie(6) your(7) maybe(8) stay(9) thousand(10) scavengers(11) forward(12) remnant(13) consented(14) turning(15) exchange(16) what(17) sometimes(18) when(19) gather(20) hearts(21) life(22) kisses