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A Thousand Kisses Deep by Leonard Cohen

The ponies 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 summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat
You live (1)________ life as if it's real
A thousand kisses deep
I'm (2)______________ 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 miles 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 wretched and the meek
We gather up our hearts and go
A thousand kisses deep
Confined to sex, we pressed against
The limits of the sea
I saw (3)__________ (4)________ no oceans left
For scavengers like me
I made it to the (5)______________ deck
I blessed our remnant fleet
And then consented to be wrecked
A thousand kisses deep
I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed
I'm back on Boogie street
I guess they won’t exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep
And quiet is the thought of you
The file on you complete
Except (6)________ we forgot to do
A thousand kisses deep

And sometimes when the night is slow
The (7)________________ and the meek
We gather up our hearts and go
A thousand kisses deep
The ponies 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 summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat
You live (8)________ life as if it's real
A thousand (9)____________ deep

Answers:
(1) your(2) turning(3) there(4) were(5) forward(6) what(7) wretched(8) your(9) kisses