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Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan
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Initially written for and recorded in 1987 by his ex backup singer Jennifer Warnes.
The song became a staple in Leonard Cohen’s concerts, and a major source of discussion among
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Cookies n Beans – First We Take Manhattan
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom / For trying to change the system from within / Im coming now Im coming to reward them / First we take Manhattan then we take Ber-lin
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Jennifer Warnes – First We Take Manhattan
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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
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Sirenia – First We Take Manhattan
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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
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Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan Covers
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See all of “First We Take Manhattan” by Leonard Cohen’s covers
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Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan Samples
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See all of “First We Take Manhattan” by Leonard Cohen’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan (Live in Dublin)
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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
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Joe Cocker – First We Take Manhattan
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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
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Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan (Live in London)
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom / For tryin' to change the system from within / I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them / First we take Manhattan, then we take
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R.E.M. – First We Take Manhattan
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Leonard Cohen (Ft. Sharon Robinson) – The Land of Plenty
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Another criticism of capitalist America, but much gentler than in “First We Take Manhattan”.
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Leonard Cohen – Come Healing (Live in Dublin)
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O gather up the brokenness / And bring it to me now / The fragrance of those promises / You never dared to vow / The splinters that you carry / The cross you left behind / Come
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Leonard Cohen – Darkness (Live in Dublin)
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I caught the darkness / It was drinking from your cup / I caught the darkness / Drinking from your cup / I said, "Is this contagious?" / You said, "Just drink it up." / I've got no
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Kollegah – Pinker Cadillac Samples
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See all of “Pinker Cadillac” by Kollegah’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Leonard Cohen – I Tried to Leave You (Live in Dublin)
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I tried to leave you, I don't deny / I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times / I'd wake up every morning by your side / The years go by, you lose your pride / The baby's
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Leonard Cohen – The Gypsy's Wife (Live in London)
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And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight / I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right / But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor / Whose
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Leonard Cohen – Waiting for the Miracle (Live in Dublin)
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Baby, I've been waiting / I've been waiting night and day / I didn't see the time / I waited half my life away / There were lots of invitations / And I know you sent me some / But
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Leonard Cohen – I Tried to Leave You (Live in London)
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I tried to leave you, I don't deny / I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times / I'd wake up every morning by your side / The years go by, you lose your pride / The baby's
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Leonard Cohen – Who by Fire (Live in Dublin)
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And who by fire, who by water / Who in the sunshine, who in the night time / Who by high ordeal, who by common trial / Who in your merry merry month of May / Who by very slow decay
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Leonard Cohen – Introduction (Live in London)
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Thank you so much friends / I was, I was having a drink with my old teacher / He is 102 now / And this was, he was just, about 97 at the time / And I poured him a drink and / He
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Leonard Cohen – Amen (Live in Dublin)
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Tell me again when I've been to the river / And I've taken the edge off my thirst / Tell me again we're alone and I'm listening / Listening so hard that it hurts / Tell me again
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Leonard Cohen – In My Secret Life (Live in Dublin)
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I saw you this morning / You were moving so fast / Can’t seem to loosen my grip / On the past / And I miss you so much / There’s no one in sight / And we’re still making love / In
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Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah (Live in Dublin)
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Now I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do you? / It goes like this / The fourth, the fifth
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan (Traducción al Español)
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Me sentenciaron a veinte años de aburrimiento / Por tratar de cambiar el sistema desde adentro / Ahora vengo, vengo a recompensarles / Primero tomamos Manhattan, luego tomamos
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Leonard Cohen – If It Be Your Will (Live in Dublin)
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If it be your will / That I speak no more / And my voice be still / As it was before / I will speak no more / I shall abide until / I am spoken for / If it be your will / If it be
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Leonard Cohen – Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Live in Dublin)
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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel / You were talkin' so brave and so sweet / Givin' me head on the unmade bed / While the limousines wait in the street / Those were the
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Enrique Morente – Manhattan (First We Take Manhattan)
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Me condenaron a veinte años de hastío / Por intentar cambiar el sistema desde dentro / Ahora vengo a desquitarme / Primero conquistaremos Manhattan / Después conquistaremos Berlín
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Leonard Cohen – The Partisan (Live in Dublin)
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When they poured across the border / I was cautioned to surrender / This I could not do; / I took my gun and vanished / I have changed my name so often / I have lost my wife and
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Leonard Cohen – Bird on the Wire (Live in London)
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Like a bird on a wire / Like a drunk in a midnight choir / I have tried in my way to be free / Like a worm on the hook / Like a knight from some old-fashioned book / I have saved
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Leonard Cohen – Lover Lover Lover (Live in Dublin)
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I asked my father / I said, "Father, change my name" / The one I'm using now, it's covered up / With fear and filth and cowardice and shame / Ah, but, lover, lover, lover, lover
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Leonard Cohen – Suzanne (Live in Dublin)
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Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river / You can hear the boats go by / You can spend the night beside her / And you know that she's half crazy / But that's why you
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Leonard Cohen – So Long, Marianne (Live in Dublin)
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Come over to the window, my little darling / I'd like to try to read your palm / I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy / Before I let you take me home / Now so long
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Leonard Cohen – Bird on the Wire (Live in Dublin)
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Like a bird on a wire / Like a drunk in some old midnight choir / I have tried in my way to be free / Like a worm on the hook / Like a knight bent down in some old-fashioned book
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Leonard Cohen – In My Secret Life (Live in London)
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In my secret life / In my secret life / In my secret life / In my secret life / I saw you this morning / You were moving so fast / Can’t seem to loosen my grip / Well on the past
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