Jennifer Warnes
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First We Take Manhattan

First We Take Manhattan lyrics by Jennifer Warnes. They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now,...

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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 berlin

I'm guided by a signal in the heavens

I'm guided by the 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 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 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

Then we take berlin,then we take berlin

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