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First We Take Manhatten

Leonard Cohen
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[00:27.26] They sentenced me

[00:36.81] To twenty years of boredom

[00:41.06] For trying to change

[00:44.51] The system from within

[00:48.50] I'm coming now

[00:52.21] I'm coming to reward them

[00:57.53] First we take Manhattan

[01:02.05] Then we take Berlin

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[01:12.94] I'm guided by a signal

[01:16.92] In the heavens

[01:20.37] I'm guided by

[01:24.09] This birthmark on my skin

[01:27.54] I'm guided by the beauty

[01:32.59] Of our weapons

[01:36.58] First we take Manhattan

[01:41.36] Then we take Berlin

[01:47.74] (I'd really like)

[01:51.19] (To live beside you, baby)

[01:55.70] (I love your body)

[01:58.63] (And your spirit)

[02:00.22] (And your clothes)

[02:03.67] (But you see that line there)

[02:06.86] (Moving through the station?)

[02:12.45] (I told you, I told you)

[02:16.43] (Told you, I was one of those)

[02:23.53] Ah, you loved me as a loser

[02:26.99] But now you're worried

[02:29.04] That I just might win

[02:31.70] You know the way to stop me

[02:34.09] But you don't have the discipline

[02:39.65] How many nights I prayed for this

[02:44.19] To let my work begin

[02:48.16] First we take Manhattan

[02:51.62] Then we take Berlin

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[03:01.97] I don't like

[03:05.43] Your fashion business, mister

[03:09.67] And I don't like these drugs

[03:14.19] That keep you thin

[03:18.46] I don't like

[03:21.11] What happened to my sister

[03:26.15] First we take Manhattan

[03:30.41] Then we take Berlin

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[03:41.30] (I'd really like)

[03:44.49] (To live beside you, baby)

[03:49.27] (I love your body)

[03:51.93] (And your spirit)

[03:53.78] (And your clothes)

[03:56.99] (But you see that line there)

[04:00.71] (Moving through the station?)

[04:06.29] (I told you, I told you)

[04:09.75] (Told you, I was one of those)

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[04:19.22] And I thank you

[04:23.19] For those items that you sent me

[04:28.23] The monkey

[04:30.89] And the plywood violin

[04:35.41] I practiced every night

[04:40.46] Now I'm ready

[04:44.18] First we take Manhattan

[04:49.49] Then we take Berlin

[04:54.81] (I am guided)

[05:01.17] Ah, remember me

[05:02.77] I used to live for music

[05:07.29] Remember me

[05:10.74] I brought your groceries in

[05:15.26] Well it's Father's Day

[05:18.44] And everybody's wounded

[05:23.76] First we take Manhattan

[05:29.06] Then we take Berlin

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