First We Take Manhattan (Live in Dublin) - Leonard Cohen (莱昂纳德·科恩)

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 ***

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

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

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