“If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to.
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you.”

—  Leonard Cohen

"I'm Your Man"
I'm Your Man (1988)

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Canadian poet and singer-songwriter 1934–2016

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