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A Thousand Kisses Deep by Leonard Cohen

The (1)____________ 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 (2)________________ now to deal
With (3)________ invincible defeat
You live your life as if it's real
A thousand kisses deep
I'm (4)______________ tricks, I'm getting fixed
I'm back on Boogie Street
You lose your grip, and then you slip
Into the masterpiece
And maybe I had (5)__________ to drive
And promises to keep
You ditch it all to stay alive
A thousand kisses deep

And sometimes when the night is slow
The (6)________________ and the meek
We gather up our hearts and go
A thousand kisses deep
Confined to sex, we (7)______________ against
The (8)____________ of the sea
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me
I (9)________ it to the (10)______________ deck
I blessed our remnant fleet
And then consented to be wrecked
A (11)________________ (12)____________ deep
I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed
I'm back on (13)____________ street
I guess they won’t exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep
And quiet is the (14)______________ of you
The (15)________ on you complete
Except what we forgot to do
A (16)________________ (17)____________ deep

And sometimes (18)________ the (19)__________ is slow
The (20)________________ and the meek
We gather up our (21)____________ and go
A (22)________________ kisses deep
The ponies run, the (23)__________ are young
The (24)________ are there to beat
You win a while, and then it's done
Your little winning streak
And summoned now to deal
With (25)________ invincible defeat
You live your (26)________ as if it's real
A (27)________________ kisses deep

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