First We Take Manhattan
By
Leonard Cohen
Album
I'm Your Man
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♪ They sentenced me to twenty
years of boredom ♪
♪ For tryin' to change the
system from within ♪
♪ I'm coming now, I'm coming to
reward them ♪
♪ First we take Manhattan, then
we take Berlin ♪
♪ I'm guided by a signal in the
heavens ♪
♪ I'm guided by this birthmark
on my skin ♪
♪ I'm guided by the beauty of
our weapons ♪
♪ First we take Manhattan, then
we take Berlin ♪
♪ I'd really like to live beside
you, baby ♪
♪ I love your body and your
spirit and your clothes ♪
♪ But you see that line there
moving through the station? ♪
♪ I told you, I told you, told
you, I was one of those ♪
♪ Ah you loved me as a loser,
but now you're worried that I
just might win ♪
♪ You know the way to stop me,
but you don't have the
discipline ♪
♪ How many nights I prayed for
this, to let my work begin ♪
♪ First we take Manhattan, then
we take Berlin ♪
♪ I don't like your fashion
business, mister ♪
♪ And I don't like these drugs
that keep you thin ♪
♪ I don't like what happened to
my sister ♪
♪ First we take Manhattan, then
we take Berlin ♪
♪ I'd really like to live beside
you, baby ♪
♪ I love your body and your
spirit and your clothes ♪
♪ But you see that line there
moving through the station? ♪
♪ I told you, I told you, told
you, I was one of those ♪
♪ And I thank you for those
items that you sent me ♪
♪ The monkey and the plywood
violin ♪
♪ I practiced every night, now
I'm ready ♪
♪ First we take Manhattan, then
we take Berlin ♪
♪ (I am guided) ♪
♪ Ah remember me, I used to live
for music (baby) ♪
♪ Remember me, I brought your
groceries in (ooh baby yeah) ♪
♪ Well it's Father's Day and
everybody's wounded ♪
♪ First we take Manhattan, then
we take Berlin ♪
