Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Bayonne Blues , by - Janis Ian. Release date: 22.03.2001
Song language: English
Bayonne Blues |
| 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 Bleeker where the stars got stoned |
| But the union hall was closed |
| And the stars out on the road |
| Making money singing anti-money songs |
| I went back up to Broadway. |
| I took the IRT |
| An 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 on Forty-Second street |
| I asked somebody 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» |
| 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 re-born |
| 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 |