Joey - Bob Dylan.mp3

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan
[00:16.64]Born in Red Hook,Brooklyn,in the year of who knows when
[00:27.13]Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion
[00:33.89]Always on the outside of whatever side there was
[00:40.78]When they asked him why it had to be that way,"Well,"he answered,"just
[00:47.16]because."
[00:49.51]Larry was the oldest,Joey was next to last.
[00:57.69]They called Joe "Crazy,"the baby they called "Kid Blast."
[01:06.34]Some say they lived off gambling and runnin'numbers too.
[01:12.12]It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue.
[01:23.29]Joey,Joey,
[01:32.53]King of the streets,child of clay.
[01:40.05]Joey,Joey,
[01:48.18]What made them want to come and blow you away?
[02:12.74]There was talk they killed their rivals,but the truth was far from that
[02:21.72]No one ever knew for sure where they were really at.
[02:27.72]When they tried to strangle Larry,Joey almost-a-hit the roof.
[02:34.62]He went out that night to seek revenge,thinkin'he was bulletproof.
[02:42.86]The war broke out at the break of dawn,it emptied out the streets
[02:54.84]Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats
[03:02.44]'Til they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners.
[03:08.74]They stashed them away in a basement,called them amateurs.
[03:19.92]The hostages were tremblin'when they heard a man exclaim,
[03:28.12]"Let's blow this place to kingdom come,let Con Edison take the blame."
[03:36.47]But Joey stepped up,an'he raised his hand,said,"We are not those kind of men.
[03:44.18]It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again."
[03:53.18]Joey,Joey,
[04:02.34]King of the streets,child of clay.
[04:09.85]Joey,Joey,
[04:18.42]What made them want to come and blow you away?
[04:42.22]The police department hounded him,they called him Mr.Smith
[04:49.76]They got him on conspiracy,they were never sure who with.
[04:59.19]"What time is it?"said the judge to Joey when they met
[05:07.55]"Five to ten,"said Joey.Judge says,"That's exactly what you get."
[05:16.06]He did ten years in Attica,reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich
[05:23.76]They threw him in the hole one time for tryin'to stop a strike.
[05:32.19]His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand
[05:40.36]What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand.
[05:49.26]They let him out in '71he'd lost a little weight
[05:56.71]But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great.
[06:05.52]He tried to find the way back in ,to the life he left behind
[06:11.67]To the boss he said,"I have returned and now I want what's mine."
[06:21.83]Joey,Joey,
[06:31.13]King of the streets,child of clay.
[06:38.28]Joey,Joey,
[06:47.11]What made them want to come and blow you away?
[07:10.63]It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun
[07:18.90]"I'm around too many children,"he'd say,"they should never know of one."
[07:26.94]Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe,
[07:35.36]Emptied out the register,said,"Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe."
[07:43.49]One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York
[07:52.41]He could see it comin'through the door as he lifted up his fork.
[07:59.86]He pushed the table over to protect his family
[08:07.88]Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy.
[08:16.30]Joey,Joey,
[08:24.57]King of the streets,child of clay.
[08:33.34]Joey,Joey,
[08:41.19]What made them want to come and blow you away?
[09:04.94]Sister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep.
[09:13.27]I heard his best friend Frankie say,"He ain't dead,he's just asleep."
[09:22.42]Then I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave
[09:29.95]I guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save.
[09:38.33]The sun turned cold over President Street and the town of Brooklyn mourned
[09:46.42]They said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born.
[09:54.70]And someday if God's in heaven overlookin'His preserve
[10:02.58]I know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve.
[10:11.46]Joey,Joey,
[10:20.38]King of the streets,child of clay.
[10:27.51]Joey,Joey,
[10:36.28]What made them want to come and blow you away?