《The Streets of New York》歌词

歌曲： The Streets of New York

所属专辑：At Their Very Best Live

歌手： The Wolfe Tones

时长： 04:56

播放 下载lrc歌词 下载纯文本歌词

The Streets Of New York - The Wolfe Tones[00:00:00]

I was 18yrs old when[00:00:17]

I went down to Dublin with a fistful[00:00:19]

Of money and a cartload of dreams[00:00:22]

"Take your time" said me father[00:00:26]

Stop rushing like hell and remember[00:00:28]

All is not what it seems to be[00:00:31]

For there's fellas that would cut ye for[00:00:35]

The coat on yer back[00:00:38]

Or the watch that you got from your mother[00:00:39]

So take care me young bucko[00:00:43]

And mind yourself well and will ya give this[00:00:45]

Wee note to me brother[00:00:48]

At the time Uncle Benjy was a policeman in Brooklyn[00:00:51]

And me father the youngest looked after the farm[00:00:55]

When a phonecall from America said[00:01:00]

'Send the lad over'[00:01:02]

And the oul fella said 'Sure wouldn't do any harm' for[00:01:04]

I've spent my life working this dirty old ground[00:01:09]

For a few pints of porter and the smell of a pound[00:01:13]

Sure maybe there's something you'll learn or you'll see[00:01:18]

And you can bring it back home make it easy on me[00:01:21]

So I landed at Kennedy and a big yellow taxi[00:01:29]

Carried me and me bags through the streets and the rain[00:01:33]

Well me poor heart was thumpin around with excitement[00:01:38]

And I hardly even heard what the driver was sayin[00:01:42]

We came in the Shore Parkway to the faltlands of Brooklyn[00:01:47]

To my Uncle's apartment on the East 53rd[00:01:51]

I was feeling so happy I was humming a song[00:01:55]

And I sang "You're as free as a bird"[00:01:59]

Well to shorten the story what[00:02:03]

I found out that day was that[00:02:05]

Benjy was shot down in an uptown foray and[00:02:08]

While I was flying my way to New York[00:02:13]

Poor Benjy was lying in a cold city morgue [00:02:17]

Well I phoned up the old fella told him the news[00:02:22]

I could tell he could[00:02:26]

Hardly stand up in his shoes and he wept as he told me[00:02:27]

'Go ahead with the plans[00:02:32]

And not to forget be a proud Irish man'[00:02:34]

So I went to Nellies beside Fordham road and i started[00:02:41]

To learn about lifting the load[00:02:46]

But the heaviest thing that I carried that year[00:02:50]

Was the bittersweet thoughts of my hometown so dear[00:02:54]

I went home that December 'cause the oul fella died[00:02:59]

Had to borrow the money from Phil on the side[00:03:04]

And all the bright flowers and brass couldn't hide[00:03:08]

The poor wasted face of me father[00:03:12]

I sold up the oul farmyard for what[00:03:16]

It was worth and into my bag stuck[00:03:19]

A handful of earth then I boarded a train and[00:03:22]

I caught me a plane[00:03:27]

And I found meself back in the US again[00:03:29]

It's been 22yrs since[00:03:34]

I've set foot in Dublin[00:03:36]

Me kids know to use the correct knife and fork[00:03:39]

But I'll never forget the green grass and the rivers[00:03:45]

As I keep law and order in the streets of New York[00:03:49]