First We Take Manhattan

They sentenced me To twenty years of boredom

For trying to change The system from within

I’m coming now

Coming to reward them

First we take Manhattan

Then we take Berlin

I’m guided by a signal In the heavens

Guided

I’m guided by this Birthmark on my skin

I am guided by

I am 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 that’s Moving through the station?

I told you, I told you

I 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 knew the way You could have stopped me

But you never had The discipline

How many nights 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

Leonard Sharon Robertson.

I love your body

And your spirit And your clothes

Leonard Hattie and Charley Webb, the Webb sisters.

But you see that line that’s 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

I mean the monkey And the plywood violin

I’ve practiced every night

Now I’m ready

First we take Manhattan

Then we take Berlin

I am guided

Remember me, I used to Live for music

Baby

Remember me, I brought Your groceries in

Baby yeah

Well it’s Father’s Day

Everybody’s wounded

First we take Manhattan

Then we take Berlin