Joan of Arc

<br>(with guest vocal by leonard cohen)<br><br>(l. cohen)<br><br><br><br>Now the flames they followed joan of arc<br><br>As she came riding through the dark;<br><br>No moon to keep her armour bright,<br><br>No man to get her through this dark and smoky night.<br><br>She said, &quot;im tired of the war,<br><br>I want the kind of work I had before,<br><br>A wedding dress or something white<br><br>To wear upon my swollen appetite.&quot;<br><br><br><br>Well, Im glad to hear you talk this way,<br><br>You know Ive watched you riding every day<br><br>And something in me yearns to win<br><br>Such a cold and lonesome heroine.<br><br>&quot;and who are you? &quot; she sternly spoke<br><br>To the one beneath the smoke.<br><br>&quot;why, Im fire,&quot; he replied,<br><br>&quot;and I love your solitude, I love your pride.&quot;<br><br><br><br>&quot;well then fire, make your body cold,<br><br>Im gonna give you mine to hold,&quot;<br><br>Saying this she climbed inside<br><br>To be his one, to be his only bride.<br><br>And deep into his fiery heart<br><br>He took the dust of joan of arc,<br><br>And high above all these wedding guests<br><br>He hung the ashes of her lovely wedding dress.<br><br>La...<br><br><br><br>It was deep into his fiery heart<br><br>He took the dust of joan of arc,<br><br>And then she clearly understood<br><br>If he was fire, oh she must be wood.<br><br>I saw her wince, I saw her cry,<br><br>I saw the glory in her eye.<br><br>Myself I long for love and light,<br><br>But must it come so cruel, must it be so brave? <br><br>La...