Genius Meanings
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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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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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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 (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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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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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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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 – 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 – 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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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 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 – 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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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Tower of Song (Live in Dublin)
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Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey / I ache in the places where I used to play / And I'm crazy for love but I'm not comin' on / I'm just payin' my rent every day in the
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Leonard Cohen – I Can't Forget
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[Verse 1] / I stumbled out of bed / I got ready for the struggle / I smoked a cigarette / And I tightened up my gut / I said this can't be me / Must be my double / [Chorus] / And I
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The Lilac Time – Bird On The Wire
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Like a bird on the wire / Like a drunk in a midnight choir / I have tried in my way to be free / Like a worm on a hook / Like a knight from some old-fashioned book / I have saved
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Leonard Cohen – Anthem (Live in Dublin)
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Ring the bells that still can ring / Forget your perfect offering / There is a crack, a crack in everything / That's how the light gets in / The birds they sang / At the break of
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Leonard Cohen – Alexandra Leaving (Live in Dublin)
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[Leonard Cohen] / Even though she sleeps upon your satin; / Even though she wakes you with a kiss / Do not say the moment was imagined; / Do not stoop to strategies like this / As
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Leonard Cohen – Recitation w/ N.L. (Live in Dublin)
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You came to me this morning and you handled me like meat. You'd have to be a man to know how good that feels, how sweet. My mirrored twin, my next of kin, I'd know you in my sleep
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Leonard Cohen – Everybody Knows
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From Leonard Cohen’s iconic I’m Your Man album.
A “dark” song, which some perceive as his pessimistic view of the world, with multiple references to social issues.
Written in
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