My Love Is In New York

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 killed 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