Joey-Bob Dylan

[ti:Joey] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:San Francisco Bay Blues] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Joey - Bob Dylan [00:09.82]Born in Red Hook Brooklyn in the year of who knows when [00:28.86]Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion [00:34.55]Always on the outside of whatever side there was [00:40.69]When they asked him why it had to be that way "Well " he answered "just [00:46.42]Because " [00:46.67]Larry was the oldest Joey was next to last [00:52.36]They called Joe "Crazy " the baby they called "Kid Blast " [00:58.44]Some say they lived off gambling and runnin' numbers too [01:03.94]It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue [01:10.60]Joey Joey [01:16.33]King of the streets child of clay [01:21.83]Joey Joey [01:28.38]What made them want to come and blow you away [01:34.18]There was talk they killed their rivals but the truth was far from that [01:52.06]No one ever knew for sure where they were really at [01:57.59]When they tried to strangle Larry Joey almost hit the roof [02:03.01]He went out that night to seek revenge thinkin' he was bulletproof [02:09.56] [02:10.23]The war broke out at the break of dawn it emptied out the streets [02:15.97]Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats [02:20.29] [02:20.95]Till they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners [02:27.50]They stashed them away in a basement called them amateurs [02:33.57]The hostages were tremblin' when they heard a man exclaim [02:39.93]"Let's blow this place to kingdom come let Con Edison take the blame " [02:45.76]But Joey stepped up he raised his hand said "We're not those kind of men [02:51.74]It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again " [02:57.61]Joey Joey [03:03.92]King of the streets child of clay [03:09.66]Joey Joey [03:15.79]What made them want to come and blow you away [03:21.27]The police department hounded him they called him Mr Smith [03:39.31]They got him on conspiracy they were never sure who with [03:45.31]"What time is it " said the judge to Joey when they met [03:50.92]"Five to ten " said Joey The judge says "That's exactly what you get " [03:57.77]He did ten years in Attica reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich [04:03.63]They threw him in the hole one time for tryin' to stop a strike [04:09.19]His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand [04:15.05]What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand [04:21.04]When they let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight [04:27.02]But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great [04:33.07]He tried to find the way back into the life he left behind [04:38.87]To the boss he said "I have returned and now I want what's mine " [04:44.93]Joey Joey [04:50.69]King of the streets child of clay [04:56.80]Joey Joey [05:02.79]Why did they have to come and blow you away [05:08.41]It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun [05:26.60]"I'm around too many children " he'd say "they should never know of one " [05:32.28]Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe [05:38.34]Emptied out the register said "Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe " [05:44.40]One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York [05:50.38]He could see it comin' through the door as he lifted up his fork [05:56.65]He pushed the table over to protect his family [06:01.83]Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy [06:07.38]Joey Joey [06:14.25]King of the streets child of clay [06:20.01]Joey Joey [06:26.06]What made them want to come and blow you away