I know this room, I've walked this floor".
This artist wrote, "Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine" in a viral letter written to the dying woman who inspired his lyric "But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie". He spent extended time on Mt. Baldy studying Zen Buddhism. An album which opens with the track "First We Take Manhattan" titles Sylvie Simmons' biography of this man. This man's first song was turned into a hit by (*) Judy Collins and describes a woman who "feeds you tea and oranges / That come all the way from China". This artist was contrasted with Bob Dylan on a Malcolm Gladwell podcast that examined his biggest hit, whose singer describes how "You saw her bathing on the roof" and "Baby I've been here before / I know this room, I've walked this floor". This artist recorded "So Long, Marianne" and "Bird on the Wire". For 10 points, name this recently deceased Canadian artist of "Hallelujah".
This artist wrote, "Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine" in a viral letter written to the dying woman who inspired his lyric "
Leonard Cohen