democracy

• kanadalı efsanevi sanatçı leonard cohen'in 1992 tarihli 9. stüdyo albümü the future'da yer alan ve söz-müziği sanatçının kendisine ait olan unutulmaz şarkı. şarkıda 1989 yılındaki tiananmen meydanı olaylarına da referans vardır. sözleri şöyledir;
  
  it's coming through a hole in the air
  from those nights in tiananmen square
  it's coming from the feel
  that it ain't exactly real
  or it's real, but it ain't exactly there
  from the wars against disorder
  from the sirens night and day
  from the fires of the homeless
  from the ashes of the gay
  democracy is coming to the u.s.a
  
  it's coming through a crack in the wall
  on a visionary flood of alcohol
  from the staggering account
  of the sermon on the mount
  which i don't pretend to understand at all
  it's coming from the silence
  on the dock of the bay
  from the brave, the bold, the battered
  heart of chevrolet
  democracy is coming to the u.s.a
  
  it's coming from the sorrow on the street
  the holy places where the races meet
  from the homicidal bitchin'
  that goes down in every kitchen
  to determine who will serve and who will eat
  from the wells of disappointment
  where the women kneel to pray
  for the grace of god in the desert here
  and the desert far away
  democracy is coming to the u.s.a
  
  sail on, sail on
  o mighty ship of state!
  to the shores of need
  past the reefs of greed
  through the squalls of hate
  sail on, sail on, sail on...
  
  it's coming to america first
  the cradle of the best and of the worst
  it's here they got the range
  and the machinery for change
  and it's here they got the spiritual thirst
  it's here the family's broken
  and it's here the lonely say
  that the heart has got to open
  in a fundamental way
  democracy is coming to the u.s.a
  
  it's coming from the women and the men
  oh baby, we'll be making love again
  we'll be going down so deep
  that the river's going to weep
  and the mountain's going to shout amen!
  it's coming like the tidal flood
  beneath the lunar sway
  imperial, mysterious
  in amorous array
  democracy is coming to the u.s.a
  
  sail on, sail on
  o mighty ship of state!
  to the shores of need
  past the reefs of greed
  through the squalls of hate
  sail on, sail on, sail on...
  
  i'm sentimental, if you know what ı mean
  i love the country but i can't stand the scene
  and i'm neither left or right
  i'm just staying home tonight
  getting lost in that hopeless little screen
  but i'm stubborn as those garbage bags
  that time cannot decay
  i'm junk but i'm still holding up
  this little wild bouquet
  democracy is coming to the u.s.a
  
  leonard cohen (klip) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du-rur-qo4y
  
  leonard cohen (canlı) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhi9btpgkp8
  
  leonard cohen (şiir) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruiuat97c4w
  
  judy collins - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi6my84fmt0
  
  lawrence collins - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfdaqzxkocq
  
  steen jørgensen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0febyv4xg
  
  john aaron - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eupqzmqyu7e
  
  john bliemer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1bswz9plzu