The Black 47 - 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 k**ed 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's the only one for me