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Day 9 Leonard Cohen in First We Take Manhatten Live, 2017 also featured in the album:Famous Blue Raincoat, 1987. Cohen explained himself in a backstage interview at 1988: "I think it means exactly what it says. It is a terrorist song. I think it's a response to terrorism. There's something about terrorism that I've always admired. He was charmed by extreme right rhetoric when he wrote the song. I didn't know this. I've always been charmed by the extreme left rhetoric of the freedom fighters of earlier times, who sometimes turned out to be wrong indeed. Che Chevara, The IRA, etc. I was a lefty in my younger years. Now also still a tendency to the left. Lyrics They sentenced me to 20 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 (Guided, guided) I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin (I am guided by) I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons (Ooh, ooh) 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 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, ha ha ha ha 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 (Baby) Remember me, I brought your groceries in (Ooh, baby, yeah) Well, it's Father's Day, and everybody's wounded First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin |