Is This What You Wanted
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS · The Dream Synopsis 2016 · Track 05 of 06
Written by Leonard Cohen
You were the promise at dawn I was the morning after You were Jesus Christ, my Lord I was the money lender You were the sensuous woman I was the very reverend Freud You were the manual orgasm I was the dirty little boy
And is this what you wanted To live in a house that is haunted By the ghost of you and me? Is this what you wanted To live in a house that is haunted By the ghost of you and me?
You were Marlon Brando I was Steve McQueen You were K-Y Jelly I was Vaseline You were the father of modern medicine I was Mr. Clean You were the Whore and the Beast of Babylon I was Rin Tin Tin
And is this what you wanted To live in a house that is haunted By the ghost of you and me? Is this what you wanted To live in a house that is haunted By the ghost of you and me?
You got old and wrinkled I stayed seventeen You lusted after so many, baby I lay here with one You defied your solitude I came through alone And you said that you could never love me I undid your gown
And is this what you wanted To live in a house that is haunted By the ghost of you and me? Is this what you wanted To live in a house that is haunted By the ghost of you and me?
Yeah, is this what you wanted To live in a house that is haunted By the ghost of you and me? Oh, is this what you wanted To live in a house that is haunted By the ghost of you and me? Get down