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Bayonne Blues Lyrics by Janis Ian

Unreleased 3: Society’s Child

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[Verse 1]
I was raised in New York City where the money grows on trees
And the flowers all look gritty and the people look diseased
Come up from New Jersey where I sung the Bayonne blues
I watched the roller derby on the seven-thirty news
I thought I'd be a folksinger
I went down to MacDougal Street
And Bleecker where the stars got stoned
But the union hall was closed
And the stars out on the road
Making monеy singing anti-money songs
[Verse 2]
I went back up to Broadway, I took the IRT
Somе old man in a raincoat parked his body next to me
"Do you want to make some money fast?"
And then he grabbed me by the ass
I got derailed at Forty-Second Street
I asked some lady for the time
She asked me to her room
She said "I've got a water bed"
I said "I've got the flu
You look just like a friend of mine
I never liked too well
She sold picture postcards
Of the crack in the Liberty Bell"
[Verse 3]
I went into the Taco Bell to get myself some lunch
They rushed me to the hospital to have my stomach pumped
Run over on the corner by a wheelchair with no horn
I fell into a manhole and was baptized and reborn
I moved out to Long Island
Bought a color TV
I watch the doctor shows
I'm a soap opera queen
I think I got pneumonia
I'm sure I've got TB
It may not be a hell of a life
But it's life enough for me
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Janis Ian

Janis Ian

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"Bayonne Blues" appears on "Unreleased 3: Society’s Child".

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