New York In The Seventies

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Long Beach, early in the morning
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I'm walking the boardwalk by the sea
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I'm with my little boy, he's not sleeping too well
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My little boy is a lot like me

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And I came home late from the city
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I was in the Village, having fun
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All the queens were coming out on Christopher Street
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And a new age had begun

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I'm in a long line of lovers
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Who came to New York looking for the Muse
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I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
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To pay for her dancing shoes

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I played the Gaslight and Gerde's Folk City
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The Bitter End and the occasional bar
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I played the game of money and fame
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'Cause everybody wants to be a star

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And I had my share of intoxication
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I did a few drugs and drank too much Uncle Jack
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But I stopped in time when I saw the signs
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And I knew I   had to get back

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And I'm in a long line of lovers
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Who came to New York looking for the Muse
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I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
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To pay for her dancing shoes

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And the Vietnam War was still raging
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They were singing protest songs in Washington Square
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Too many guys just never came home
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'Cause not enough people cared

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And those who made it back were looking lost and confused
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Was it a victory or a tactical retreat
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Either way, it left a wound in America's heart
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To see them sleeping out on the street

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I'm in a long line of lovers
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Who came to New York looking for the Muse
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I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
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To pay for her dancing shoes

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Thirty years later and I'm thinking
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I'm still here, some of my friends are gone
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My little boy is grown, he's got a son of his own
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Everybody's got to sing their own song

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I came back to Long Beach and I'm looking out at the sea
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I'm standing in a warm summer haze
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I can see those times like I'm in a picture show
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New York in the Seventies

[Chorus]
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I'm in a long line of lovers
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Who came to New York looking for the Muse
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I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
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To pay for her dancing shoes

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Long Beach, early in the morning
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I'm walking the boardwalk by the sea
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I'm with my little boy, he's not sleeping too well
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My little boy is a lot like me
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My little boy is a lot like me