FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN, THEN WE TAKE BERLIN
(Leonard Cohen)
Joe Cocker


They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom 
for trying to change the system from within 
I'm coming now, I am 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 those birthmarks on my skin 
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons 
First we take Manhattan then we take Berlin 

I really like to live beside you baby 
I love your body and your spirit and your cloths 
but you see that line that 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 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 those fusion business mister 
and i don't like this drugs that keep you thin 
I don't like what happened to my sister 
first we take Manhattan , then we take berlin 

and I thank you for those items that you sent me 
The monkey and the plywood violin 
i practised every night . now i am ready 
first we take Manhattan , then we take Berlin 

remember me , I used to live for music 
remember me , I brought your groceries in 
well its father day , and every one is wounded. 
first we take Manhattan , then we take Berlin



(Contributed by Shay Griffiths - April 2002)