Can we just clear up this sister/system question? Sister is correct (I've got the album and it's on the lyric sheet). However, unlike the lyrics above, it's "my sister" not "your sister". If you don't believe me, take a look at the following website, the Leonard Cohen Files, which Mr Cohen himself contributes to:
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
Above, losttango refers to a website that has gathered together Mr Cohen's comments on his own songs. I don't know if Leonard Cohen Files is that website, but I'll have a look and get back to you all.
Can we just clear up this sister/system question? Sister is correct (I've got the album and it's on the lyric sheet). However, unlike the lyrics above, it's "my sister" not "your sister". If you don't believe me, take a look at the following website, the Leonard Cohen Files, which Mr Cohen himself contributes to:
leonardcohenfiles.com/
Here, the relevant verse reads as follows:
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
Above, losttango refers to a website that has gathered together Mr Cohen's comments on his own songs. I don't know if Leonard Cohen Files is that website, but I'll have a look and get back to you all.