Black 47 - My Love Is In New York lyrics

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Joined the service out of school in the year of '69

When the Doors were ridin' on the storm, Hendrix was alive

And before I could blink an eye, I was sent to Vietnam

To teach them people democracy

Jesus, what a laugh.

All across the highlands, we moved in single file

Lookin' for them Vietcong, I musta crawled a 1000 miles

But I'd only one thought on me mind,

'Twas your eyes of emerald green

My love is in New York, oh she's the only one for me

I learned to smoke the opium pipe, I learned it all too well

Coz when the shells are bangin' in your ears

It stops that livin' hell

Then one night 6 months later

While in the DMZ

Me own dear U.S. Air Force blew the hell right out of me

Still I loved my country

I saluted the old flag

When you're a boy from Woodside, Queens

You give it all you have

'Cause I knew you'd be there waitin'

With your eyes of emerald green

My love is in New York and she's the only one for me

But when I got sent home at last, they jeered and spat at me

They called me a fascist, said I was the enemy

I could've put up with all of that

'Twas no big thing to me

But you killed me with one look of disgust

From those emerald greens

Now I sit down here on Broadway, this pavement is me home

The war is long forgotten, for those who stayed at home

And I wish I had me opium pipe

To stop that livin' hell

That's goin' on inside me head, I wish it all so well

And the Doors still ride by on the storm

Hendrix hides from Joe

I should be history around here but where else is there to go

Coz I know you're out there somewhere,

With your eyes of emerald green

My love is in New York, oh she's the only one for me