Allan Taylor - New york in the seventies

^GLong Beach, ^Cearly ^Gin the ^Dmorning I'm walking the ^Gboardwalk ^Cby ^Gthe ^Dsea I'm ^Emwith my little ^Dboy, he's not ^Csleeping too ^Gwell My little ^Cboy ^G/Bis a ^Amlot li^Gke ^Dme

And I ^Gcame home ^Clate ^Gfrom the ^Dcity I was in the ^GVillage, ^Chav^Ging ^Dfun All the ^Emqueens were coming ^Dout on ^CChristopher ^GStreet And a ^Cnew ^G/Bage ^Amhad ^Gbe^Dgun

I'm in a^C long ^Dline of ^Glovers Who came to ^CNew York ^G/Blooking ^Amfor ^Gthe ^DMuse I ^Emfound her waiting ^Dtables on^C Bleecker ^GStreet To ^Cpay ^G/Bfor her ^Amdan^Gcing ^Dshoes

I played the ^GGaslight and ^CGerde's ^GFolk ^DCity The Bitter ^GEnd and the oc^Ccasio^Gnal ^Dbar I ^Emplayed the ^Dgame of ^Cmoney and ^Gfame 'Cause every^Cbody ^G/Bwants to ^Ambe ^Ga ^Dstar

And I ^Ghad my ^Cshare of in^Gtoxi^Dcation I did a few ^Gdrugs and drank ^Ctoo much ^GUncle ^DJack But I ^Emstopped in ^Dtime when I ^Csaw the ^Gsigns And I ^Cknew ^G/BI ^Amhad to ^Gget ^Dback

And I'm in a^C long ^Dline of ^Glovers Who came to ^CNew York ^G/Blooking ^Amfor ^Gthe ^DMuse I ^Emfound her waiting ^Dtables on^C Bleecker ^GStreet To ^Cpay ^G/Bfor her ^Amdan^Gcing ^Dshoes

And the ^GVietnam ^CWar was ^Gstill ^Draging They were singing ^Gprotest songs in ^CWashing^Gton ^DSquare ^EmToo many ^Dguys just ^Cnever came ^Ghome 'Cause ^Cnot e^G/Bnough ^Ampeop^Gle ^Dcared

And th^Gose who made it back ^Cwere ^Glooking lost ^Dand confused Was it a ^Gvictory or a ^Ctacti^Gcal re^Dtreat Either ^Emway, it left a ^Dwound in A^Cmerica's ^Gheart To ^Csee them ^G/Bsleeping ^Amout on ^Gthe ^Dstreet

I'm in a^C long ^Dline of ^Glovers Who came to ^CNew York ^G/Blooking ^Amfor ^Gthe ^DMuse I ^Emfound her waiting ^Dtables on^C Bleecker ^GStreet To ^Cpay ^G/Bfor her ^Amdan^Gcing ^Dshoes

^GThirty years ^Clater^G and ^DI'm thinking I'm still ^Ghere, some of my ^Cfriends ^Gare ^Dgone My ^Emlittle boy is ^Dgrown, he's got a ^Cson of his ^Gown Every^Cbody's ^G/Bgot to ^Amsing their ^Gown ^Dsong

I came back to ^GLong Beach and I'm ^Clooking ^Gout at the ^Dsea I'm standing ^Gin a ^Cwarm ^Gsummer ^Dhaze I can ^Emsee those ^Dtimes like I'm in a ^Cpicture ^Gshow New ^CYork ^G/Bin the ^AmSev^Gen^Dties

I'm in a^C long ^Dline of ^Glovers Who came to ^CNew York ^G/Blooking ^Amfor ^Gthe ^DMuse I ^Emfound her waiting ^Dtables on^C Bleecker ^GStreet To ^Cpay ^G/Bfor her ^Amdan^Gcing ^Dshoes

^GLong Beach, ^Cearly ^Gin the ^Dmorning I'm walking the ^Gboardwalk ^Cby ^Gthe ^Dsea I'm ^Emwith my little ^Dboy, he's not ^Csleeping too ^Gwell My little ^Cboy ^G/Bis a ^Amlot li^Gke ^Dme My little ^Cboy is a ^Dlot like ^Gme