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>>9889045
Leonard Cohen, tbqh

"Suzanne"

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river

You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever

And you know that she's half-crazy but that's why you want to be there

And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China

And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her

Then she gets you on her wavelength

And she lets the river answer that you've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind

And you know that she will trust you

For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water

And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower

And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him

He said all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them

But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open

Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with Him, and you want to travel blind

And you think you maybe you'll trust Him

For He's touched your perfect body with His mind

Now, Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river

She's wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters

And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor

And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers

There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning

They are leaning out for love and they wil lean that way forever

While Suzanne holds her mirror

And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind

And you know that you can trust her

For she's touched your perfect body with her mind

your mom gay

>>9889593
Famous Blue Raincoat, Bird On the Wire, In Munich Secret Life, Who By Fire, Alexandra Leaving, Hallelujah, Nightingale, Chelsea Motel #2, Tower of Song, Thousand Kisses Deep, You Want It Darker, Traveling Light, Everybody Knows, Lady Midnight, Sisters of Mercy are all good, all of his songs are, even if you can't stand the way he sounds just read the lyrics.

Robbie Robertson of The Band.

Hear the sound, Willie Boy,
The Flyin' Dutchman's on the reef.
It's my belief
We've used up all our time,
This hill's to steep to climb,
And the days that remain ain't worth a dime.

>>9889606
Mark Sandman of Morphine is great too, the best example would be Rope On Fire from Morphine, and the Strange Man at the End of the Bar from his solo works

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mifX_WnEv8E

>>9889619
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SdZ7-e3EPgw

Houdini is good too from his solo stuff, they all are, really

>>9889623
Then there's Elton John (Your Song, Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me, Someday Out of the Blue, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Madman Across the Water), and The Beatles (a lot, just start with the White Album and Rubber Soul)

Eels can be good, but they're not everyone's vibe. I like Susan's House the best.

Probably Bob Dylan, and Tom Waits if you're into that.