The song The Guests is performed by Leonard Cohen in the album named Essential Leonard Cohen in the year 2002 .
One by one the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The open-hearted many
The broken-hearted few
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh, I need you now
And those who dance, begin to dance
Those who weep begin
And "Welcome, welcome" cries a voice
Let all my guests come in
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh, I need you now
And all go stumbling through that house
In lonely secrecy
Saying, "Do reveal yourself"
Or "Why has thou forsaken me?"
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh, love I need you,I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh, I need you now
All at once the torches flare
The inner door flies open
One by one they enter there
In every style of pa*sion
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh, I need you now
And here they take their sweet repast
While house and grounds dissolve
And one by one the guests are cast
Beyond the garden wall
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh, love I need you, I need you I need you, I need you
Oh, I need you now
Those who dance, begin to dance
Those who weep begin
Those who earnestly are lost
Are lost and lost again
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh, I need you now
One by one the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The broken-hearted many
The open-hearted few
And no one knows where the night is going
And no one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh, love I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh, I need you now
Leonard Cohen - Essential Leonard Cohen
- Suzanne
- The Stranger Song
- Sisters Of Mercy
- Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
- So Long, Marianne
- Bird On A Wire
- The Partisan
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Chelsea Hotel #2
- Take This Longing
- Who By Fire
- The Guests
- Hallelujah
- If It Be Your Will
- Night Comes On
- I'm Your Man
- Everybody Knows
- Tower of Song
- Ain't No Cure For Love
- Take This Waltz
- First We Take Manhattan
- Dance Me To The End Of Love (Live)
- The Future
- Democracy
- Waiting For The Miracle
- Closing Time
- Anthem
- In My Secret Life
- Alexandra Leaving
- A Thousand Kisses Deep
- Love Itself