Hallelujah

by Christine Sweeney

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Well I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord, but
You don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's real and going on below, but
Now you never show that to me, do you?
Remember when I moved in you
And the holy dark was moving, too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
But all I ever learned from love was
How to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
It's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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released November 23, 2017
Written by Leonard Cohen. Recorded by Christine Sweeney. Recorded and mixed by Matthew Einsidler at www.audioworkstationsinc.com

Recording Copyright Christine Sweeney 2017

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