Cohen Leonard First We Take Manhattan Lyrics

First We Take Manhattan Lyrics

They sentenced me to twenty 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
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
...

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
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
Well it's
Father's Day and everybody's wounded
First we take Manhattan, then we take
Berlin