New York in the Seventies-Allan Taylor/Hans-Joerg Maucksch/Martin Moro

[ti:New York In The Seventies] [ar:Allan Taylor] [al:Leaving At Dawn] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]New York in the Seventies - Allan Taylor (艾伦·泰勒)/Hans-Joerg Maucksch/Martin Moro [00:13.09]Long Beach early in the morning [00:16.64] [00:18.05]I'm walking the boardwalk by the sea [00:22.64] [00:24.51]I'm with my little boy he's not sleeping too well [00:30.19]My little boy is a lot like me [00:33.80] [00:39.17]And I came home late from the city [00:43.04] [00:44.37]I was in the Village having fun [00:49.09] [00:50.63]All the queens were coming out on Christopher Street [00:55.75] [00:56.68]And a new age had begun [01:00.22] [01:04.68]I'm in a long line of lovers [01:09.77] [01:10.42]Who came to New York looking for the Muse [01:14.91] [01:16.85]I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street [01:22.05] [01:22.59]To pay for her dancing shoes [01:26.61] [01:30.97]I played the Gaslight and Gerde's Folk City [01:35.07] [01:36.65]The Bitter End and the occasional bar [01:40.76] [01:42.66]I played the game of money and fame [01:47.88]'Cause everybody wants to be a star [01:51.96] [01:57.15]And I had my share of intoxication [02:00.59] [02:02.07]I did a few drugs and drank too much Uncle Jack [02:06.69] [02:08.57]But I stopped in time when I saw the signs [02:13.36] [02:14.20]And I knew I had to get back [02:18.05] [02:22.30]And I'm in a long line of lovers [02:26.93] [02:27.88]Who came to New York looking for the Muse [02:32.15] [02:34.29]I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street [02:39.31] [02:39.97]To pay for her dancing shoes [02:43.83] [02:48.66]And the Vietnam War was still raging [02:52.23] [02:53.78]They were singing protest songs in Washington Square [02:57.89] [03:00.54]Too many guys just never came home [03:05.06] [03:05.93]'Cause not enough people cared [03:09.99] [03:13.89]And those who made it back were looking lost and confused [03:19.55]Was it a victory or a tactical retreat [03:24.12] [03:25.90]Either way it left a wound in America's heart [03:30.84] [03:31.88]To see them sleeping out on the street [03:36.30] [03:39.72]I'm in a long line of lovers [03:44.66] [03:45.47]Who came to New York looking for the Muse [03:49.89] [03:51.96]I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street [03:57.53]To pay for her dancing shoes [04:01.50] [04:06.53]Thirty years later and I'm thinking [04:10.19] [04:11.53]I'm still here some of my friends are gone [04:15.87] [04:17.68]My little boy is grown he's got a son of his own [04:22.53] [04:23.06]Everybody's got to sing their own song [04:27.03] [04:31.19]I came back to Long Beach and I'm looking out at the sea [04:36.22] [04:37.00]I'm standing in a warm summer haze [04:41.56] [04:43.55]I can see those times like I'm in a picture show [04:48.59] [04:49.33]New York in the seventies [04:53.41] [04:57.33]I'm in a long line of lovers [05:02.14] [05:03.03]Who came to New York looking for the Muse [05:07.47] [05:09.45]I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street [05:15.09]To pay for her dancing shoes [05:19.03] [05:24.19]Long Beach early in the morning [05:27.53] [05:28.83]I'm walking the boardwalk by the sea [05:32.99] [05:35.28]I'm with my little boy he's not sleeping too well [05:40.20] [05:40.86]My little boy is a lot like me [05:44.90] [05:46.00]My little boy is a lot like me