“Show Me The Place” by Leonard Cohen With Jennifer Warnes To Begin Streaming Today
“Show Me The Place, the third track from Old Ideas is, according to Sony’s press release for the album, slated to stream from Leonard Cohen’s official site starting today. It is also available as an instant download (in MP3 format) for those who pre-order through LeonardCohen.com.
Update: Listen To New Leonard Cohen Song – Show Me The Place From Old Ideas CD
On LeonardCohenForum, Jarkko (webmaster of both LeonardCohenForum and LeonardCohenFiles) confirms speculation by those hearing the song that female vocalist on the song is Jennifer Warnes. (See Leonard Cohen’s Old Ideas Album To Feature Jennifer Warnes And Anjani)
Leonard Cohen and Jennifer Warnes 1972
Patrick Leonard wrote, produced, arranged, engineered, programmed and performed the music.
Q: What tune was THE ONE that made you most proud?
A: I’m really fond of a song I recently wrote with Leonard Cohen. It’s called “Show Me the Place.” It’s impossibly simple. I don’t do pride. I believe it anchors one too much. I tend towards liking or being content with something rather than pride. I recommend it. Finding satisfaction, I mean.1
Lyrics: “Show Me The Place”
rpan posted lyrics for “Show Me The Place” (with this caveat: “I think these are the lyrics, one or two doubts”) at LeonardCohenForum. Update: Bev (aka B4real ) subsequently suggested a modification, which I have included below, changing the line “A shred of light” to “A thread of light.”
Show me the place where you want your slave to go
Show me the place I’ve forgotten I don’t know
Show me the place for my head is bending low
Show me the place where you want your slave to go
Show me the place help me roll away the stone
Show me the place I can’t move this thing alone
Show me the place where the Word became a man
Show me the place where the suffering began
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The troubles came I saved what I could save
A thread of light a particle a wave
But there were chains so I hastened to behave
There were chains so I loved you like a slave
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Show me the place where you want your slave to go
Show me the place I’ve forgotten I don’t know
Show me the place for my head is bent and low
Show me the place where you want your slave to go
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The troubles came I saved what I could save
A thread of light a particle a wave
But there were chains so I hastened to behave
There were chains so I loved you like a slave
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Show me the place
Show me the place
Show me the place
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Show me the place help me roll away the stone
Show me the place I can’t move this thing alone
Show me the place where the Word became a man
Show me the place where the suffering began
Personnel for Old Ideas
As per the press release, the album “was produced by Patrick Leonard, Anjani Thomas, Ed Sanders and Dino Soldo. The album also features guest vocalists Dana Glover, Sharon Robinson, The Webb Sisters (Hattie and Charley Webb) and Jennifer Warnes.”
Old Ideas Art
A LeonardCohenForum post by Jarkko informs us that
Leonard designed the cover, using a photo by Kezban Özcan. The CD booklet will be designed by Michael Petit.
Credit Due Department: The photo of Leonard Cohen and Jennifer Warnes is by Claude Gassian and was contributed by Dominique BOILE. I was made aware of the interview with Patrick Leonard from which his quote was taken by a LeonardCohenForum post authored by Hartmut.
Other Old Ideas Posts
- From Q & A with Patrick Leonard III [↩]
Is that the album cover for Old Ideas?
Yep.
I’m guessing that’s either Anjani’s shadow or Jennifer Warnes shadow. It looks more like Warnes.
I hadn’t looked closely, assuming it was the shadow of the photographer, Kezban Özcan, but on inspection that shadow does have a Jennifer Warnesque look to it.
What about that litho too????
Maybe that shadowy repeated figure is a pregnant Lorca. Have you noticed how Leonard’s shadow is in harmony with it and the negative space between them is almost parallel. It has been planned that way for a reason.
Bev
…..I’ve just sent you a reply email about your request – hope you received it OK.
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Forgive my impertenence, but I believe this line: …But there were chains so I hastened to behave… should read instead: But there were chains so I hastened to the hay… (as in the manger; the place where the Word became man. ) So, here’s another song for the Christmas album.