Accordly

Thoughts Are Free

Cohen Leonard

Thoughts Are Free

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Die Gedanken sind Frei (text and music: anonymous) Dean Engelhard writes in his complete collection of cohen songs (ftp.uwp.edu /pub/music/lyrics) that Cohen had performed this german folk song. It was never released on CD (as much as I know). The song was written between 1780 and 1800, at the time of the French Revolution. Possible accompaniment patterns: Die Gedanken sind frei! Wer kann sie er-raten? Sie fliegen vorbei wie naechtliche Schatten. Kein Mensch kann sie wissen, kein Jaeger er-schiessen mit Pulver und Blei. Die Ge-danken sind frei! [Thoughts are free! Who can guess them? They fly along like nightly treasures No man can know them No hunter can shoot them With powder and lead Thoughts are free!] Ich denke, was ich will und was mich be-gluecket, doch alles in der Still und wie es sich schicket. Mein Wunsch und Be-gehren kann niemand ver-wehren, es bleibet da-bei: Die Ge-danken sind frei! [I think about what I want and what makes me happy But everything quietly, and just how it comes. To my wish and desire Nobody can oppose, It stays this way: Thoughts are free!] Und sperrt man mich ein im finsteren Kerker, das alles sind rein ver-gebliche Werke, denn meine Ge-danken zer-reissen die Schranken und Mauern ent-zwei: Die Ge-danken sind frei! [And if they lock me in a dark dungeon That is something that can be forgiven Cause my thoughts Tear up the bars And walls. Thoughts are free!] Ich liebe den Wein, mein Maedchen vor allen, sie tut mir allein am be-sten ge-fallen. Ich bin nicht al-leine bei meinem Glas Weine, mein Maedchen da-bei: Die Ge-danken sind frei! [I love wine, my girl most of all, Only me she pleases best I am not alone With my glass of wine My girl is with me: Thoughts are free!] Drum will ich auf immer den Sorgen ent-sagen und will mich auch nimmer mit Grillen mehr plagen. Man kann ja im Herzen stets lachen und scherzen und denken da-bei: Die Ge-danken sind frei! [That's why I will never worry anymore And I will never tease myself with whims anymore Because in one's heart One can keep laughing and joking While thinking Thoughts are free!] [emailprotected]