Iodine Lyrics

The song Iodine is performed by Leonard Cohen in the album named Death of a Ladies' Man in the year 1990 .



I needed you, I knew I was in danger
Of losing what I used to think was mine
You let me love you till I was a failure
You let me love you till I was a failure
Your beauty on my bruise like iodine

I asked you if a man could be forgiven
And though I failed at love, was this a crime?
You said, '€œDon't worry, don't worry, darling'€
You said, '€œDon't worry, don't you worry, darling'€
There are many ways a man can serve his time

You covered up that place I could not master
It wasn't dark enough to shut my eyes
So I was with you, o sweet compa*sion
Yes, I was with you, o sweet compa*sion
Compa*sion with the sting of iodine

Your saintly kisses reeked of iodine
Your fragrance with a fume of iodine
And pity in the room like iodine

Your sister fingers burned like iodine
And all my wanton lust was iodine
My masquerade of trust was iodine
And everywhere the flare of iodine



Leonard Cohen - Death of a Ladies' Man

Oct 1990

  1. True Love Leaves No Traces
  2. Iodine
  3. Paper thin Hotel
  4. Memories
  5. I Left A Woman Waiting
  6. Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On
  7. Fingerprints
  8. Death Of A Ladies Man

Iodine