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In Which I Correct Leonard Cohen

Bird On A Wire is one of my favorite songs, but it’s not perfect. Lenny got a word wrong, just one.

But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.

The word “thee” is an admission of poetic failure, and the reason God invented crumpling and wastebaskets.

Just one word:

But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to me.

Mine’s better.