Cocker, Joe - First We Take Manhattan Lyrics






They Sentanced 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

I Don'T Like Your Fashion Business Mister
I Don'T Like Those Drugs That Keep You Thin
I Don'T Like What Happened To My Sister

First We Take Manhattan
Then We Take Berlin





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  1. T.... ....

    This has always been my favourite telling of this song. Joe Cocker just has some magic about about, especially in his later years.

  2. Y.... A....

    Вот так пели Джо, Высоцкий, Фредди. Мощно и проникновенно! Даже не знаю кто сейчас так сможет

  3. N.... B....

    I told you,I told you: Joe Cocker is number 1, Heart & Soul!l

  4. �.... F....

    The best version of a great song !!!!!!!!!

  5. d.... ....

    Joe and Jennifer; both in their own way made this song special.

  6. N.... B....

    A melhor interpretação desta música!

  7. X.... Z....

    N.W.O.   ------   FIRST THEY TOOK MANHATTAN   &    AFTER THIS THEY TOOK ... LONDON   &   AFTER THIS THEY TOOK ... MADRID   -  REMEMBEER 11-S AND NEVER FORGET IT... NEVER    . BEATING AROUND THE BUSH    .   NO REDEMPTION !!!     LEONARD COHEN FOR EVER . R.I.P.

  8. N.... B....

    Great Joe Cocker! Great version! Great voice!

  9. N.... B....

    I told you, Joe Cocker is great!

  10. �.... N....

    Спасибо Джо за эту интерпритацию известной песни, ты сделал ее неземной! 😍

  11. �.... �....

    best best!!

  12. j.... w....

    i love joe and most times his covers are spot on but imo this misses the mark

  13. M.... T....

    Fuck Berlin

  14. V.... R....

    Живет музыка - жив и ты, земля пухом!

  15. M.... A....

    beatiful,,,song,version etc.i gonna do subscribe

  16. �.... �....

    Мощь и сила.

  17. J.... S....

    Strange mix but it works really well.Powerful voice and lyrics in contrast with quiet music.I like it.

  18. Y.... E....

    Yes we can!!

  19. R.... G....

    Love it. Great person

  20. t.... t....

    😍😍😍😍👍👍👍👍👍

  21. M.... L....

    There's some country in it, some Rock, a side of Pop as well...Definitely the vest version of this song...

  22. A.... X....

    Joe’s cover is better than the original, sorry leonard 🤟

  23. P.... B....

    weak like all his covers. they're covers ffs. and they're always the same mediocre soft boring covers. he doesn't even try, let alone to do smth new with it (Therapy? - Isolation, Health - Blue Monday, Sybreed - Love Like Blood, ...). RIP Leonard, the true genius who actually wrote songs.

  24. Q.... C....

    Mr Joe Coker. Bravo for this super Leonard Cohen honor!

  25. D.... C....

    I love Mr Cohen's version. But Joe can really put a bit oomph into a song and make it totally new

  26. U.... U....

    Ещё одна любимая песня.

  27. �.... �....

    The best cover to this song

  28. R.... Y....

    Please - We need a karaoke version of this.

  29. D.... D....

    I was a teenager back in the 90s and I used to listen to Joe Cocker a lot back then. I still do. His cover versions are always better than original versions of those same songs , incredible voice. Sad he's no longer with us.

  30. p.... d....

    white soul..man he is good..tx leonard..

  31. I.... B....

    Joe simply the best!

  32. M.... N....

    🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👌☮

  33. S.... ....

    This is eargasmic

  34. R.... H....

    rest in peace joe..good hearted man....

  35. p.... d....

    song grabs ya by the boo boo....awesome

  36. F.... B....

    Amazing!

  37. R.... M....

    Holy shit this is such an awesome cover!

  38. L.... K....

    Well done Joe, nice ve sion

  39. C.... M....

    They sentanced 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
    I don't like your fashion business mister
    I don't like those drugs that keep you thin
    I don't like what happened to my sister
    First we take Manhattan
    Then we take Berlin

  40. p.... d....

    never heard ,,love

  41. A.... C....

    This song celebrates the Zionist takeover of the US currency by the US Federal Reserve Bank in 1914, and its subsequent role in the destruction of the German economy……..Cohen is a Zionist cunt……fuck him & his legacy of Zionist sleaze…..he's a Zionist ethno supremacist……..

    A.... C....

    You mean "Zionists" were sentenced to 20 years of boredom ? Clown.

  42. d.... ....

    http://www.leonardcohenforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=15220


    Meaning of First We Take ManhattanPostby Sarah M » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:40 am

  43. W.... W....

    mnogo ni llpswasch

  44. i.... s....

    First we take Gibraltar.

    i.... s....

    First we take Krimea... Oh sh ...

  45. C.... A....

    Joe, simply the best!

  46. I.... I....

    Круто

  47. L.... L....

    This is fabulous!

  48. h.... F....

    RIP joe, Lcohen, genius

  49. R.... B....

    R.I.P. Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) and Joe Cocker (1944–2014)

    R.... B....

    🙏🕯🕯☆○○☆

  50. M.... �....

    κομματαρα λεμεεεε

  51. J.... L....

    Have always loved this mans' gravelly voice. This is by far my fav.

  52. A.... G....

    L'un des plus grands chanteurs de tous les temps

  53. F.... P....

    indémodable. Un immense artiste tout simplement.

  54. p.... g....

    very good

    Great Joe

  55. S.... ....

    The best version of a great song.

    S.... ....

    Wish he'd done the whole song, though.

    S.... ....

    REM were great, but Joe Cocker? Tingling all over.

    S.... ....

    Ya can't beat old Joe, RIP to the old bastard.
    Try the Jennifer Warnes' version, it's not too bad.
    BUT, If you want to insult your ears... Listen to Warren Zevons' cover of it, it's fuggin terrible, i bet you can't listen to the whole song.

  56. R.... A....

    Keep on Rockin' in the Free World - Joe

  57. P.... J....

    Q a sua alma descanse em paz.

  58. p.... g....

    Long lived Joe Cocker sing your heart out up there in heaven....

  59. S.... m....

    i like to listen to this music

  60. f.... ....

    Bliss...total....where did u come from.. Not sure this planet ...

  61. J.... N....

    This song was "presented" by non away-clickable McDonalds commercial. I just want to say to all: I hate macDonalds for this. If you are with me, tell them! Keep YT clean, keep ads reasonlable.

    J.... N....

    Josef Nagy

  62. F.... B....

    Tks Joe. You were always the best.
    Muito obrigado Joe. Voce foi sempre o melhor.

  63. D.... P....

    THE BEST VERSION

  64. B.... M....

    the world lost one of the best in the business.

    B.... M....

    +Brian Mullan Indeed.

    B.... M....

    The sad thing is that his death went widely unnoticed.

  65. C.... U....

    I am so sad that Joe passed away. Rest in Peace my friend.

  66. F.... A....

    Joe....Thanks for all!
    RIP

  67. V.... G....

    Хороший голос, отличные вещи.
    Покойся с Миром, Джо.

  68. Y.... B....

    thanks Mr.Cocker for the beautiful voice...R.I.P

  69. m.... ....

    Thank you for everything, Joe. Sail away and rock the sky.

  70. p.... ....

    Rest In Peace...

  71. T.... L....

    Pride of Sheffield ! RIP Joe.

  72. A.... ....

    "I told you, I told you, I told you I was one of those..."
    RIP Joe

  73. �.... �....

    Спасибо Человеку зв его твррчество! 

  74. H.... A....

    Svetlaya pamyat. Proshay veliki Djo!!!!!

  75. R.... M....

    Thanks for giving me my favourite song - no one sings it better than you. RIP Joe Cocker.

  76. S.... G....

    Прощай, Джо!

  77. c.... t....

    20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014

  78. Y.... M....

    Goodbye Joe!

  79. M.... G....

    Земля пухом. Очень крутой чувак. По моему ничтожному мнению у него были лучшие аранжировки что я слышал.

    M.... G....

    Точно.Если бы не курил...

  80. K.... H....

    RIP Joe :-(

  81. I.... A....

    Se n'è andato anche Joe Cocker. Mi dispiace: è stato un grande interprete, con uno stile inimitabile

  82. n.... m....

    Brilliant version. Love the piano motif..joe is a great interpretation singer

  83. v.... ....

    This man has SOUL!

  84. N.... a....

    Nice, but Leonard is THE MAN.

  85. r.... ....

    Cocker's a guy with real good (cover) singer but this original should stay at Leonad Cohen!

  86. R.... D....

    I prefer the original voice withe voice of Leonard Cohen, and of course my version in French at the Jerusalem's cultural center.

  87. D.... W....

    Long live Joe Cocker - he's always been brilliant

  88. I.... G....

    This guy is incredible. He invariably does the best version of anyone!!!

  89. 1.... ....

    Has Frenche Say "Formidable"

  90. D.... ....

    best version of them all

  91. R.... Y....

    This is so better then Cohen!

  92. K.... C....

    Does anyone no what the chorus at the end is saying?

  93. D.... ....

    Great cover!

  94. P.... K....

    I love Leonard ,,,,,,,and Cocker,,,,,,,
    But Joe's is easier to dance to.

  95. m.... p....

    something from Sonata Arctica may be ?

  96. J.... P....

    Sirenia version is also very good