The Cohen classic, covered to varying degrees of success over the years, suffers more often than not from people not interpreting the lyric correctly.

Tim Minchin and Geraldine Quinn do not have this problem in this great raw version from Edinburgh ’05.

They really nailed it. I wish they’d put it out as a single.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSFCDhLhuB8]

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