You'd a' Thought (Leonard Cohen Must Die)

I'm running round in circles and I'm chasing my tail


Carving my initials with a rusty nail


Betraying my intentions man it happens without fail


You'd a' thought that I'd know better by now



It might be some dark secret I keep bottled up inside


Or just some miniscule transgression


I shouldn't have tried to hide


It's not the size that matters, it's deceit she can't abide


You'd a' thought that I'd know better by now



And of course she knows, ‘cause I can’t fool her


And I know she knows, ‘cause she don’t fool me


And she knows I know she knows and we might discuss it eventually


When the pressure builds ‘til it blows the seals all out from in between


You’d a’ thought that we’d know better by now

You’d have thought that we’d know better


You’d have thought we’d understand


Through all the smoke and mirrors


I guess we do the best we can


Hiding out without a doubt it's getting out of hand


You’d a’ thought that we’d know better by now



And I've seen the phantoms hiding in the shadows in her eyes


It's not that I'm not threatened, it's just that I'm not surprised


"Good for the gander," said the old folks, but they lied


You'd a' thought that we'd know better by now



They circle up the wagons, expressing deep dismay


When we know all the words that they can't bring themselves to say


There’s so much they never tell you, there’s so much they hide away


You’d a’ thought that they’d know better by now

You’d have thought that we’d know better


You’d have thought we’d understand


Through all the smoke and mirrors


I guess we do the best we can


Hiding out without a doubt it's getting out of hand


You’d a’ thought that we’d know better by now