First We Take Manhattan

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 the 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 that's moving through the station?

I told ya, I told ya, I told ya: I was one of those!

I don't like your fashion business, mister

I don't like those drugs that keep ya thin

I don't like what happened to my sister

First we take Manhattan - then we take Berlin

Then we take Berlin

Then we take Berlin

• Artist:Jennifer Warnes
• Album:Famous Blue Raincoat - The Songs of Leonard Cohen