I'm Your Man

I read over the weekend that Leonard Cohen will be featured as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival. The event, "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man" will take place on Sat, Jun 24 at 8:00 pm at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. I wish I could be there but we're out of town that weekend.

Michael gave this to me during the first part of our relationship when things were so new, anxious, rocky and fragile. We were dating; he was a mess, I was enjoying single life for the first time. He'd made a lot of mistakes he wished he could take back; I wasn't sure I wanted to be in a relationship. But we were falling face first in love, fighting it every step of the way. Only Leonard Cohen could capture the ansgst, the love, the longing.

If you want a lover, I'll do anything you ask me to.
And if you want another kind of love, I'll wear a mask for you.
If you want a partner, take my hand.
Or if you want to strike me down in anger, here I stand.
I'm your man.

If you want a boxer, I will step in the ring for you,
And if you want a doctor, I'll examine every inch of you.
If you want a driver, climb inside.
Or if you want to take me for a ride, you know you can.
I'm your man.

Ah, the moon's too bright.
The chain's too tight.
The beast won't go to sleep.
I've been running through these promises to you that I made and could not keep.
But a man never got a woman back, not by begging on his knees.
Or I'd crawl to you baby and I'd fall at your feet.
And I'd howl at your beauty like a dog in heat.
And I'd claw at your heart.
And I'd tear at your sheet.
I'm your man.

And if you've got to sleep a moment on the road, I will steer for you,
And if you want to work the street alone, I'll disappear for you.
If you want a father for your child, or only want to walk with me a while across the sand.
I'm your man.
-Leonard Cohen