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.


"First We Take Manhattan" (written in 1986) - Leonard Cohen video - Jennifer Warnes & Leonard Cohen video - I'm Your Man (1988)

Leonard Cohen Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...