A Thousand Kisses Deep Leonard Cohen Am E / Am Am E / F Dm E / Am G F Dm E / F G Am 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 your life as if it’s real, / A Thousand Kisses Deep. I’m turning 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 there were no oceans left / For scavengers like me. I made it to the forward 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 what we forgot to do, / 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. 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 your life as if it’s real, / A Thousand Kisses Deep.