Leonard Cohen - Stages - Live at Sydney Show and Hamburg Soundcheck, 2013 Lyrics

Y'know I was talking with some of the guys... some of the guys in the band are kind of over the hill. And they were talking about the various stages that a man goes through in relation to his allure to the opposite sex. It was not a scientific evaluation... just something that arose over a cup of coffee.
It went something like this: You start off irresistible. And, then you become resistible. And then you become transparent – not exactly invisible but as if you are seen through old plastic. Then you actually do become invisible. And then — and this is the most amazing transformation — you become repulsive. But that's not the end of the story. After repulsive then you become cute – and that's where I am.

Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And Im crazy for love but Im not coming on
Im just paying my rent every day
Oh in the tower of song

Im just paying my rent every day
Oh in the tower of song

I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does it get?
Hank williams hasnt answered yet
But I hear him coughing all night long
A hundred floors above me
In the tower of song