My Love Is In New York

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

'cause 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

'cause i know you're out there somewhere,

With your eyes of emerald green

My love is in new york, ah she's the only one for me