Joey (Live at Sullivan Stadium, Foxborough, MA - July 1987)

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• Joey (Live at Sullivan Stadium, Foxborough, MA - July 1987) - Bob Dylan/Grateful Dead (感恩而死)
• Born in Red Hook Brooklyn in the year of who knows when
• Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion
• Always on the outside of whatever side there was
• When they asked him why it had to be that way "Well " he answered "just
• Because "
• Larry was the oldest Joey was next to last
• They called Joe "Crazy " the baby they called "Kid Blast "
• Some say they lived off gambling and runnin' numbers too
• It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue
• Joey Joey
• King of the streets child of clay
• Joey Joey
• What made them want to come and blow you away
• There was talk they killed their rivals but the truth was far from that
• No one ever knew for sure where they were really at
• When they tried to strangle Larry Joey almost hit the roof
• He went out that night to seek revenge thinkin' he was bulletproof
• The war broke out at the break of dawn it emptied out the streets
• Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats
• Till they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners
• They stashed them away in a basement called them amateurs
• The hostages were tremblin' when they heard a man exclaim
• "Let's blow this place to kingdom come let Con Edison take the blame "
• But Joey stepped up he raised his hand said "We're not those kind of men
• It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again "
• Joey Joey
• King of the streets child of clay
• Joey Joey
• What made them want to come and blow you away
• The police department hounded him they called him Mr Smith
• They got him on conspiracy they were never sure who with
• "What time is it " said the judge to Joey when they met
• "Five to ten " said Joey The judge says "That's exactly what you get "
• He did ten years in Attica reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich
• They threw him in the hole one time for tryin' to stop a strike
• His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand
• What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand
• When they let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight
• But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great
• He tried to find the way back into the life he left behind
• To the boss he said "I have returned and now I want what's mine "
• Joey Joey
• King of the streets child of clay
• Joey Joey
• Why did they have to come and blow you away
• It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun
• "I'm around too many children " he'd say "they should never know of one "
• Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe
• Emptied out the register said "Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe "
• One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York
• He could see it comin' through the door as he lifted up his fork
• He pushed the table over to protect his family
• Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy
• Joey Joey
• King of the streets child of clay
• Joey Joey
• What made them want to come and blow you away
• Sister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep
• I heard his best friend Frankie say "He ain't dead he's just asleep "
• Then I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave
• I guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save
• The sun turned cold over President Street and the town of Brooklyn mourned
• They said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born
• And someday if God's in heaven overlookin' His preserve
• I know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve
• Joey Joey
• King of the streets child of clay
• Joey Joey
• What made them want to come and blow you away
• What made them want to come and blow you away

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