среда, апреля 04, 2007

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.

Leonard Cohen
"First we take Manhattan"
1988

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