First We Take Manhattan

Leonard Cohen

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  S1:
  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 

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  S2:
  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 

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  B1:
  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 

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  S3:
  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 

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  S4:
  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 

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  B2:
  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 

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  S5:
  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 

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  S6:
  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 

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