Uploaded January 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Playlista "35 x Leonard Cohen": youtube.com/playlist?list=PLABB0C17DF96AE0A2

Manhattan

Mój wyrok brzmiał: dwadzieścia lat znużenia

Tak karzą tych co system zmienić chcą

Powracam niosąc zemstę i zniszczenie

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Prowadzi mnie do szturmu znak na niebie

I piętno które muszę nosić wciąż

Prowadzi piękno śmiercionośnej broni

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Naprawdę dobrze było mi przy tobie

Kocham twój urok, kocham tupet, nawet strój

Lecz tylko spójrz na szyny kolejowe

Mówiłem, mówiłem, mówiłem nie wytrzymam tu


Mam już dosyć życia w mrocznym cieniu

Pragnę wyjść z podziemia mówiąc wprost

Nie mam żadnych wspomnień na sumieniu

Najpierw wziąć Manhattan, potem Berlin wciąć


First We Take Manhattan

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