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There’s something that I’m watching Means a lot to me It’s a broken banjo bobbing On the dark infested sea
Don’t know how it got there Maybe taken by the wave Off of someone’s shoulder Or out of someone’s grave
It’s coming for me darling No matter where I go Its duty is to harm me My duty is to know
There’s something that I’m watching Means a lot to me It’s a broken banjo bobbing On the dark infested sea
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Words and music by Leonard Cohen Produced and engineered by Dino Soldo All instruments played by Dino Soldo Cornet: Neil Larsen Women's parts arranged and sang by Sharon Robinson
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Leonard Cohen about "Banjo" (at the Joe's Pub Press conference): He's reluctant to say too much about where his inspiration comes from, but reveals that "Banjo" came from Hurricane Katrina. "After Katrina ... I saw that culture dismantled, and I think that the image of a broken banjo floating in the dark came out of that deep discomfort that had been imposed on all our psyches." Source: "The Crack In Everything Lets The Light In: Leonard Cohen In New York", by Rita Huston, NPR, January 25, 2012

Dino Soldo with Tommy Deegan and Leonard Cohen in the studio (from Dino Soldo's Facebook page), July 11, 2011
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