Joey

歌手： Bob Dylan • 专辑：Desire • 发布时间：1976-01-05 
作曲 : Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan
Born  in  Red  Hook,Brooklyn,in  the  year  of  who  knows  when
Opened  up  his  eyes  to  the  tune  of  an  accordion
Always  on  the  outside  of  whatever  side  there  was
When  they  asked  him  why  it  had  to  be  that  way,"Well,"he  answered,"just
because."
Larry  was  the  oldest,Joey  was  next  to  last.
They  called  Joe "Crazy,"the  baby  they  called "Kid  Blast."
Some  say  they  lived  off  gambling  and  runnin'numbers  too.
It  always  seemed  they  got  caught  between  the  mob  and  the  men  in  blue.
Joey,Joey,
King  of  the  streets,child  of  clay.
Joey,Joey,
What  made  them  want  to  come  and  blow  you  away?
There  was  talk  they  killed  their  rivals,but  the  truth  was  far  from  that
No  one  ever  knew  for  sure  where  they  were  really  at.
When  they  tried  to  strangle  Larry,Joey  almost-a-hit  the  roof.
He  went  out  that  night  to  seek  revenge,thinkin'he  was  bulletproof.
The  war  broke  out  at  the  break  of  dawn,it  emptied  out  the  streets
Joey  and  his  brothers  suffered  terrible  defeats
'Til  they  ventured  out  behind  the  lines  and  took  five  prisoners.
They  stashed  them  away  in  a  basement,called  them  amateurs.
The  hostages  were  tremblin'when  they  heard  a  man  exclaim,
"Let's  blow  this  place  to  kingdom  come,let  Con  Edison  take  the  blame."
But  Joey  stepped  up,an'he  raised  his  hand,said,"We  are  not  those  kind  of  men.
It's  peace  and  quiet  that  we  need  to  go  back  to  work  again."
Joey,Joey,
King  of  the  streets,child  of  clay.
Joey,Joey,
What  made  them  want  to  come  and  blow  you  away?
The  police  department  hounded  him,they  called  him  Mr.Smith
They  got  him  on  conspiracy,they  were  never  sure  who  with.
"What  time  is  it?"said  the  judge  to  Joey  when  they  met
"Five  to  ten,"said  Joey.Judge  says,"That's  exactly  what  you  get."
He  did  ten  years  in  Attica,reading  Nietzsche  and  Wilhelm  Reich
They  threw  him  in  the  hole  one  time  for  tryin'to  stop  a  strike.
His  closest  friends  were  black  men 'cause  they  seemed  to  understand
What  it's  like  to  be  in  society  with  a  shackle  on  your  hand.
They  let  him  out  in '71he'd  lost  a  little  weight
But  he  dressed  like  Jimmy  Cagney  and  I  swear  he  did  look  great.
He  tried  to  find  the  way  back  in ,to  the  life  he  left  behind
To  the  boss  he  said,"I  have  returned  and  now  I  want  what's  mine."
Joey,Joey,
King  of  the  streets,child  of  clay.
Joey,Joey,
What  made  them  want  to  come  and  blow  you  away?
It  was  true  that  in  his  later  years  he  would  not  carry  a  gun
"I'm  around  too  many  children,"he'd  say,"they  should  never  know  of  one."
Yet  he  walked  right  into  the  clubhouse  of  his  lifelong  deadly  foe,
Emptied  out  the  register,said,"Tell 'em  it  was  Crazy  Joe."
One  day  they  blew  him  down  in  a  clam  bar  in  New  York
He  could  see  it  comin'through  the  door  as  he  lifted  up  his  fork.
He  pushed  the  table  over  to  protect  his  family
Then  he  staggered  out  into  the  streets  of  Little  Italy.
Joey,Joey,
King  of  the  streets,child  of  clay.
Joey,Joey,
What  made  them  want  to  come  and  blow  you  away?
Sister  Jacqueline  and  Carmela  and  mother  Mary  all  did  weep.
I  heard  his  best  friend  Frankie  say,"He  ain't  dead,he's  just  asleep."
Then  I  saw  the  old  man's  limousine  head  back  towards  the  grave
I  guess  he  had  to  say  one  last  goodbye  to  the  son  that  he  could  not  save.
The  sun  turned  cold  over  President  Street  and  the  town  of  Brooklyn  mourned
They  said  a  mass  in  the  old  church  near  the  house  where  he  was  born.
And  someday  if  God's  in  heaven  overlookin'His  preserve
I  know  the  men  that  shot  him  down  will  get  what  they  deserve.
Joey,Joey,
King  of  the  streets,child  of  clay.
Joey,Joey,
What  made  them  want  to  come  and  blow  you  away?
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