Joey-Dylan & The Dead

[ti:Joey] [ar:Dylan ; The Dead] [al:Dylan & The Dead] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Joey (乔伊) - Dylan & The Dead [00:24.45]Born in Red Hook Brooklyn in the year of who knows when [00:29.06] [00:31.18]Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion [00:34.93] [00:37.37]Always on the outside of whatever side there was [00:41.17] [00:42.61]When they asked him why it had to be that way "Well " he answered "just [00:47.04]Because " [00:47.94] [00:49.75]Larry was the oldest Joey was next to last [00:54.25] [00:55.93]They called Joe "Crazy " the baby they called "Kid Blast " [01:00.86] [01:02.04]Some say they lived off gambling and runnin' numbers too [01:07.22] [01:08.29]It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue [01:13.67] [01:14.80]Joey Joey [01:19.65] [01:21.60]King of the streets child of clay [01:26.34] [01:27.59]Joey Joey [01:32.83] [01:34.46]What made them want to come and blow you away [01:39.44] [01:53.55]There was talk they killed their rivals but the truth was far from that [01:59.03] [02:00.79]No one ever knew for sure where they were really at [02:05.16] [02:06.84]When they tried to strangle Larry Joey almost hit the roof [02:12.02] [02:13.26]He went out that night to seek revenge thinkin' he was bulletproof [02:18.82] [02:20.12]The war broke out at the break of dawn it emptied out the streets [02:25.69] [02:27.42]Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats [02:32.11] [02:33.30]Till they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners [02:38.54] [02:40.15]They stashed them away in a basement called them amateurs [02:45.78] [02:47.15]The hostages were tremblin' when they heard a man exclaim [02:52.03] [02:53.40]"Let's blow this place to kingdom come let Con Edison take the blame " [02:58.89] [03:00.08]But Joey stepped up he raised his hand said "We're not those kind of men [03:05.57] [03:06.81]It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again " [03:12.49] [03:13.69]Joey Joey [03:19.24] [03:21.04]King of the streets child of clay [03:25.72] [03:27.04]Joey Joey [03:32.65] [03:34.46]What made them want to come and blow you away [03:39.45] [03:53.81]The police department hounded him they called him Mr Smith [03:59.05] [04:00.80]They got him on conspiracy they were never sure who with [04:05.73] [04:07.41]"What time is it " said the judge to Joey when they met [04:11.65] [04:13.46]"Five to ten " said Joey The judge says "That's exactly what you get " [04:18.71] [04:20.82]He did ten years in Attica reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich [04:26.19] [04:27.56]They threw him in the hole one time for tryin' to stop a strike [04:32.50] [04:34.24]His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand [04:39.17] [04:40.42]What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand [04:46.16] [04:47.78]When they let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight [04:52.59] [04:54.59]But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great [04:59.95] [05:01.14]He tried to find the way back into the life he left behind [05:06.44] [05:07.32]To the boss he said "I have returned and now I want what's mine " [05:13.68] [05:14.24]Joey Joey [05:19.91] [05:21.42]King of the streets child of clay [05:26.40] [05:27.71]Joey Joey [05:33.33] [05:34.89]Why did they have to come and blow you away [05:39.97] [05:54.81]It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun [05:59.18] [06:01.11]"I'm around too many children " he'd say "they should never know of one " [06:05.55] [06:08.05]Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe [06:13.16] [06:14.34]Emptied out the register said "Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe " [06:19.34] [06:21.71]One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York [06:26.08] [06:28.38]He could see it comin' through the door as he lifted up his fork [06:33.01] [06:34.87]He pushed the table over to protect his family [06:39.05] [06:40.75]Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy [06:45.87] [06:47.74]Joey Joey [06:53.29] [06:54.66]King of the streets child of clay [06:59.53] [07:01.28]Joey Joey [07:06.58] [07:08.14]What made them want to come and blow you away [07:12.94] [07:27.11]Sister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep [07:32.11] [07:34.73]I heard his best friend Frankie say "He ain't dead he's just asleep " [07:38.97] [07:40.90]Then I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave [07:45.64] [07:46.95]I guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save [07:52.32] [07:53.82]The sun turned cold over President Street and the town of Brooklyn mourned [07:59.12] [08:00.69]They said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born [08:05.62] [08:07.12]And someday if God's in heaven overlookin' His preserve [08:12.03] [08:13.28]I know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve [08:18.34] [08:19.70]Joey Joey [08:25.33] [08:26.83]King of the streets child of clay [08:31.51] [08:33.39]Joey Joey [08:38.62] [08:40.11]What made them want to come and blow you away