[00:12.470]Long Beach early in the morning
[00:17.400]I'm walking the boardwalk by the sea
[00:24.090]I'm with my little boy, he's not sleeping too well
[00:29.530]My little boy is a lot like me
[00:33.530]
[00:38.460]I came home late from the city
[00:43.710]I was in the Village and having fun
[00:50.020]All the queens were cameing out on Christopher Street
[00:55.900]And a new age had begun
[01:00.090]
[01:04.020]I'm in a long line of lovers
[01:09.650]Who came to New York looking for the Muse
[01:16.260]I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
[01:21.830]To pay for her dancing shoes
[01:26.050]
[01:30.420]I played the Gaslight and Gerde's Folk City
[01:35.990]The Bitter End and the occasional bar
[01:42.050]I played the game of money and fame
[01:47.170]'Cause everybody wants to be a star
[01:51.800]
[01:56.610]I had my share of intoxication
[02:01.420]I did a few drugs and drank too much Uncle Jack
[02:07.920]But I stopped in time when I saw the signs
[02:13.480]When I knew I had to get back
[02:18.300]
[02:21.740]I'm in a long line of lovers
[02:27.110]Who came to New York looking for the Muse
[02:33.670]I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
[02:39.300]To pay for her dancing shoes
[02:43.340]
[02:48.110]And the Vienam War was still raging
[02:53.050]They were singing protest songs in Washington Square
[02:59.920]Too many guys just never came home
[03:05.170]'Cause not enough people cared
[03:09.610]
[03:13.290]And those who made it back were looking lost and confused
[03:18.860]Was is a victory or a tactical retreat
[03:25.170]Either way, it left a wound in America's heart
[03:31.230]To see them sleeping out on the street
[03:35.480]
[03:39.170]I'm in a long line of lovers
[03:44.850]Who came to New York looking for the Muse
[03:51.350]I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
[03:56.910]To pay for her dancing shoes
[04:01.280]
[04:05.850]Thirty years later and I'm thinking
[04:10.780]I'm still here and some of my friends are gone
[04:16.970]My little boy is grown and he's got a son of his own
[04:22.350]Everybody's got to sing their own song
[04:27.160]
[04:30.660]I came back to Long Beach and I'm looking out at the sea
[04:36.280]I'm standing in a warm summer haze
[04:42.970]I can see these times like I'm in a picture show
[04:48.590]New York in the seventies
[04:53.150]
[04:56.720]I'm in a long line of lovers
[05:02.340]Who came to New York looking for the Muse
[05:08.840]I found her waiting tables on Bleecker Street
[05:14.470]To pay for her dancing shoes
[05:18.900]
[05:23.570]Long Beach early in the morning
[05:28.140]I'm walking the boardwalk by the sea
[05:34.640]I'm with my little boy, he's not sleeping too well
[05:40.200]My little boy is a lot like me
[05:44.450]
[05:46.010]My little boy is a lot like me
[05:50.250]