Leonard Cohen Lyrics of the Paper Thin Hotel track

The walls of this hotel are paper-thin

Last night I heard you making love to him

The struggle mouth to mouth and limb to limb

The grunt of unity when he came in



I stood there with my ear against the wall

I was not seized by jealousy at all

In fact a burden lifted from my soul

I heard that love was out of my control

A heavy burden lifted from my soul

I heard that love was out of my control



I listened to your kisses at the door

I never heard the world so clear before

You ran your bath and you began to sing

I felt so good I couldn't feel a thing



I stood there with my ear against the wall ...



And I can't wait to tell you to your face

And I can't wait for you to take my place

You are The Naked Angel In My Heart

You are The Woman With Her Legs Apart

It's written on the walls of this hotel

You go to heaven once you've been to hell



A heavy burden lifted from my soul

I heard that love was out of my control

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  • A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes lyrics
  • A Singer Must Die lyrics
  • A Thousand Kisses Deep lyrics
  • Alexandra Leaving lyrics
  • Always By Irving Berlin lyrics
  • Angels Eyes Written By Cohen Performed In Night lyrics
  • Avalanche lyrics
  • Ballad Of The Absent Mare lyrics
  • Be For Real By Frederick Knight lyrics
  • By The Rivers Dark lyrics
  • Coming Back Written By Cohen Performed In Night lyrics
  • Diamonds In The Mine lyrics
  • Do I Have To Dance All Night lyrics
  • Dress Rehearsal Rag lyrics
  • Field Commander Cohen lyrics
  • Fingerprints lyrics
  • Fire Written By Cohen Performed In Night Magic lyrics
  • Heart With No Companion lyrics
  • Here It Is lyrics
  • Humbled In Love lyrics
  • I Came So Far For Beauty lyrics
  • I Left A Woman Waiting lyrics
  • I Tried To Leave You lyrics
  • If It Be Your Will lyrics
  • Iodine lyrics
  • Is This What You Wanted lyrics
  • Joan Of Arc lyrics
  • Lady Midnight lyrics
  • Leaving Green Sleeves lyrics
  • Light As The Breeze lyrics
  • Love Calls You By Your Name lyrics
  • Love Itself lyrics
  • Lover Lover Lover lyrics
  • Memories lyrics
  • Minute Prologue lyrics
  • Misty Blue Outtake From Recent Songs lyrics
  • Our Lady Of Solitude lyrics
  • Paper Thin Hotel lyrics
  • Passing Through Written By lyrics
  • Priests lyrics
  • Queen Victoria A Cohen Poem Set To Music lyrics
  • Seems So Long Ago Nancy lyrics
  • Sing Another Song Boys lyrics
  • Store Room By I Am Less Than Happy With The lyrics
  • Story Of Isaac lyrics
  • Stranger Song lyrics
  • Take This Longing lyrics
  • The Bells Written By Cohen Performed In Night M lyrics
  • The Butcher lyrics
  • The Captain lyrics
  • The Guests lyrics
  • The Land Of Plenty lyrics
  • The Law lyrics
  • The Law Written By Cohen Performed In Night Mag lyrics
  • The Night Comes On lyrics
  • The Old Revolution lyrics
  • The Partisan lyrics
  • The Partisan By Anna Marly Hy Zaret lyrics
  • The Promise Written By Cohen Performed In Night lyrics
  • The Smokey Life lyrics
  • The Throne Of Desire Written By Cohen Performed lyrics
  • The Traitor lyrics
  • The Walls Written By Cohen Performed In Night M lyrics
  • The Window lyrics
  • There Is A War lyrics
  • To Love Somebody originally sung by the BeeGees lyrics
  • Tonight Will Be Fine lyrics
  • True Love Leaves No Traces lyrics
  • Un Canadien Errant (The Lost Canadian) lyrics
  • Way Down Deep Written By Warnes Cohen Recorded lyrics
  • We Told You So Written By Cohen Performed In Ni lyrics
  • Whither Thou Goest From The Book Of Ruth lyrics
  • Wishing Window Written By Cohen Performed In Ni lyrics
  • You Have Loved Enough lyrics
  • You Know Who I Am lyrics