| "Famous Blue Raincoat" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Leonard Cohen | |
| from the album Songs of Love and Hate | |
| Released | 1971 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Length | 5:09 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter(s) | Leonard Cohen |
| Producer(s) | Bob Johnston |
"Famous Blue Raincoat" is a song by Leonard Cohen. It is the sixth track on his third album, Songs of Love and Hate, released in 1971. The song is written in the form of a letter (many of the lines are written in amphibrachs). The lyric tells the story of a love triangle among the speaker, a woman named Jane, and the male addressee, who is identified only briefly as "my brother, my killer."[1]