[ti:joey] [ar: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?