"Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everbody knows the war is over
Everbody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
Ther poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows"
"Everybody Knows" Leonard Cohen, Canadian at large
I find these melancholic lyrics to be truly uplifitng. 
~PeterD
I prefer Mr. Cohen’s earlier lyrics and poems. Before he became a bitter old man.
Where is Leornard Cohen? Does he still have his Greek villa on the island of Hydra?
I believe he has become a Buddhist monk.
I think he lived on Hydra during his student days (he had a scholarship) but he might have bought something there. I don’t know if he’s still practising Buddhism or not. He’s switched religions several times in his life. I haven’t read anything about him for a while so I don’t know what he’s up to. He had an album released fairly recently but I haven’t heard anything from it.