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A Thousand Kisses Deep by Leonard Cohen

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

And sometimes (10)________ the night is slow
The wretched and the meek
We (11)____________ up our hearts and go
A thousand kisses deep
Confined to sex, we (12)______________ against
The limits of the sea
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me
I made it to the forward deck
I blessed our remnant fleet
And then (13)__________________ to be wrecked
A thousand (14)____________ deep
I'm (15)______________ tricks, I'm getting fixed
I'm back on Boogie street
I guess (16)________ won’t exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep
And quiet is the thought of you
The file on you complete
Except what we forgot to do
A thousand (17)____________ deep

And sometimes when the night is slow
The wretched and the meek
We (18)____________ up our hearts and go
A (19)________________ kisses deep
The (20)____________ run, the girls are young
The odds are (21)__________ to beat
You win a while, and then it's done
Your (22)____________ (23)______________ streak
And summoned now to deal
With (24)________ (25)____________________ defeat
You live your life as if it's real
A (26)________________ kisses deep

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