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Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
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For trying to change the system from within
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I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
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I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
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I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
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I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
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I'd really like to live beside you, baby
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I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
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But you see that line there
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Moving through the station
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I told you I told you
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I told you I was one of those
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You loved me as a loser
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but now your worried that I just might win
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You know the way to stop me
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but you don't have the discipline
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How many nights I prayed for this:
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to let my work begin
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First we take Manhattan,
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Then we take Berlin
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I don't like your fashion business, mister
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I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
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I don't like what happened to your sister
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
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And I thank you for those items that you sent me
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The monkey and the plywood violin
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I practiced every night and now I'm ready
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
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Remember me, I used to live for music
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Remember me, I brought your groceries in
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It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
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First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
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