The Beneficiary Scores

The Beneficiary knows I like Leonard Cohen, so she bought me a CD today.

Wow.  New(ish) album "Old Ideas." Go. Get it. Right now.

Had to go crazy to love you
Had to go down to the pit
Had to do time in the tower
Begging my crazy to quit

Had to go crazy to love you
You who were never the one
Whom I chased through the souvenir heartache
Her braids and her blouse all undone

Sometimes I’d head for the highway
I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie
But crazy has places to hide in
That are deeper than any goodbye

Had to go crazy to love you
Had to let everything fall
Had to be people I hated
Had to be no one at all

I’m tired of choosing desire
I been saved by a blessed fatigue
The gates of commitment unwired
And nobody trying to leave

Sometimes I’d head for the highway
I’m old and the mirrors don’t lie
But crazy has places to hide in
That are deeper than any goodbye

Had to go crazy to love you
You who were never the one
Whom I chased through the souvenir heartache
Her braids and her blouse all undone

In Our Next Episode:We discuss what kind of women appeal to Leonard Cohen. I'm thinking probably redhead...

Hey, he used to bang Janis Joplin in her Chelsea Hotel days. Or, from his song about same (Chelsea Hotel #2, 1974:)

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
giving me head on the unmade bed,
while the limousines wait in the street. 

So, yeah, of COURSE she has to be a hippie.