47 Black My Love Is In New York Lyrics

My Love Is In New York Lyrics

Joined the service out of school in the year of '69

When the Doors were
ridin' on the storm, Hendrix was alive

And before I could blink an eye, I
was sent to Vietnam

To teach them people democracy

Jesus, what a
laugh.



All across the highlands, we moved in single file

Lookin' for them Vietcong, I musta crawled a 1000 miles

But I'd only
one thought on me mind,

'Twas your eyes of emerald green

My love is
in New York, oh she's the only one for me



I learned to smoke the
opium pipe, I learned it all too well

Coz when the shells are bangin' in
your ears

It stops that livin' hell

Then one night 6 months
later

While in the DMZ

Me own dear U.S. Air Force blew the hell
right out of me



Still I loved my country 

I saluted the old
flag

When you're a boy from Woodside, Queens

You give it all you
have

'Cause I knew you'd be there waitin' 

With your eyes of
emerald green

My love is in New York and she's the only one for me



But when I got sent home at last, they jeered and spat at me

They called me a fascist, said I was the enemy

I could've put up with
all of that

'Twas no big thing to me

But you killed me with one
look of disgust

From those emerald greens



Now I sit down
here on Broadway, this pavement is me home

The war is long forgotten, for
those who stayed at home

And I wish I had me opium pipe 

To stop
that livin' hell

That's goin' on inside me head, I wish it all so well

And the Doors still ride by on the storm

Hendrix hides from Joe

I
should be history around here but where else is there to go

Coz I know
you're out there somewhere,

With your eyes of emerald green

My love
is in New York, oh she'