| Jennifer Warnes - 'First We Take Manhattan' Video |
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| Contributed by J. R. Ransom | |
 Take Manhattan Trying to change the system from within, I'm coming, I'm coming to reward them, First we take Manhattan..., Then we take Berlin. Jennifer Warnes - 'First We Take Manhattan' Video (3min 44sec). Jennifer Warnes' classic cover of Leonard Cohen's 'First We Take Manhattan' from her Famous Blue Raincoat record, recently re-issued on CD with bonus tracks on Shout! Factory. 'First We Take Manhattan' is a song written by Leonard Cohen. It was originally recorded by Jennifer Warnes on her 1987 album Famous Blue Raincoat, which consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by Cohen. Cohen's own quasi-synthpop version of the song was released in 1988 as the first track on his album I'm Your Man.
Some text: Wikipedia. Lyrics FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN by Leonard Cohen (Radio announcer's voice) Was die Attentäter betrifft, die in Berlin den Anschlag auf die Deutsch-Arabische Gesellschaft verübt haben, ist die Polizei einen Schritt weiter gekommen. Die jetzt nach dem Anschlag... 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 drugs 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 ... 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 |
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