Lyrics




They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom
For trying 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 (Guided, guided)
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin (I am guided by)
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons (Ooh, ooh)
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, ha ha ha ha
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



Writer(s): Leonard Cohen


Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen: The Collection - 11 Complete Albums

1   First We Take Manhattan
2   Dance Me to the End of Love
3   Who by Fire
4   Chelsea Hotel #2
5   Famous Blue Raincoat
6   The Partisan
7   Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
8   So Long, Marianne
9   Suzanne
10   I'm Your Man
11   Because Of
12   Villanelle for Our Time
13   There for You
14   Dear Heather
15   Master Song
16   Winter Lady
17   Nightingale
18   To a Teacher
19   The Stranger Song
20   Sisters of Mercy
21   The Faith
22   Tennessee Waltz (Live At Montreux Jazz Festival)
23   Stories of the Street
24   One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
25   Bird On the Wire
26   Story of Isaac
27   A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes
28   Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
29   The Old Revolution
30   The Butcher
31   You Know Who I Am
32   Lady Midnight
33   Tonight Will Be Fine
34   Avalanche
35   Last Year's Man
36   Dress Rehearsal Rag
37   Diamonds In the Mine
38   Love Calls You By Your Name
39   Sing Another Song, Boys
40   Joan of Arc
41   Is This What You Wanted
42   Lover Lover Lover
43   Field Commander Cohen
44   Why Don't You Try
45   There Is a War
46   A Singer Must Die
47   I Tried To Leave You
48   Take This Longing
49   Leaving Green Sleeves
50   True Loves Leaves No Traces
51   Iodine
52   Paper Thin Hotel
53   Memories
54   I Left a Woman Waiting
55   Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On
56   Fingerprints
57   Death of a Ladies' Man
58   The Guests
59   Humbled in Love
60   The Window
61   Came So Far for Beauty
62   The Lost Canadian (Un Canadien errant)
63   The Traitor
64   Our Lady of Solitude
65   The Gypsy's Wife
66   The Smokey Life
67   Ballad of the Absent Mare
68   Coming Back to You
69   The Law
70   Night Comes On
71   Hallelujah
72   The Captain
73   Hunter's Lullaby
74   Heart With No Companion
75   If It Be Your Will
76   Ain't No Cure for Love
77   Everybody Knows
78   Take This Waltz (Paris Version)
79   Jazz Police
80   I Can't Forget
81   Tower of Song
82   The Future
83   Waiting for the Miracle
84   Be for Real
85   Closing Time
86   Anthem
87   Democracy
88   Light as the Breeze
89   Always
90   Tacoma Trailer
91   In My Secret Life
92   A Thousand Kisses Deep
93   That Don't Make It Junk
94   Here It Is
95   Love Itself
96   By the Rivers Dark
97   Alexandra Leaving
98   You Have Loved Enough
99   Boogie Street
100   The Land of Plenty
101   Go No More a-Roving
102   The Letters
103   Undertow
104   Morning Glory
105   On That Day




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