“Song of Bernadette”

Jennifer Warnes obviously liked Leonard Cohen’s writings as she released an album (“Famous Blue Raincoat”) based on them. “Song of Bernadette” was an immediate hit with me, and I still love this arrangement of it. Enjoy.

 

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    • SoundEagle ๐Ÿฆ…เณ‹แƒฆเฎœเฎ‡'s avatar

      Yes, I agree that Jennifer Warnes has a crystal-clear diction and sweet voice. I am getting rather emotional, perhaps because I am still mourning, or perhaps I am listening to “Song of Bernadette” by Jennifer Warnes, Leonard Cohen and Bill Elliott, first recorded on Jennifer Warnesโ€™ 1986 album Famous Blue Raincoat with a renewed perspective.

      After listening to the songs many times, I have typed out the lyrics as follows, word for word:

      There was a child named Bernadette
      I heard the story long ago
      She saw the queen of heaven once
      And kept the vision in her soul
      No one believed what she had seen
      No one believed what she heard
      But there were sorrows to be healed
      And mercy, mercy in this world

      So many hearts I find, broke like yours and mine
      Torn by what weโ€™ve done and canโ€™t undo
      I just want to hold you, come on let me hold you
      Like Bernadette would do

      Weโ€™ve been around, we fall, we fly
      We mostly fall, we mostly run
      And every now and then we try
      To mend the damage that weโ€™ve done
      Tonight, tonight I just canโ€™t rest
      Iโ€™ve got this joy here in, inside my breast
      To think that I did not forget
      That child, that song of Bernadette

      So many hearts I find, hearts like yours and mine
      Torn by what weโ€™ve done and canโ€™t undo
      I just want to hold you, wonโ€™t you let me hold you
      Like Bernadette would do
      I just want to hold you, come on let me hold hold hold you
      Like Bernadette would do

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