Staten Island Baby Lyrics

In New York City I made my homeI loved the streets, the very stonesCared for my comrades, cherished my friendsLoved all beginnings, had no time for endsA city's streets are full of...Read Full Lyrics

Josie, are you listenin', can you pull the veil apart Is the circle still unbroken, can you touch my serpent heart Is the light still in your window, the latch open on your door Or...Read Full Lyrics

Fatima rises at dawn The hunger like a flame inside her It's the feast of Ramadan And her father's been praying for hours He wears his disapproval In a silence, cold but hysterical...Read Full Lyrics

The girls in their summer dressesAh they're looking so divineAs they stroll along the avenueDon't they know they're running out of timeThe cop fingers his holsterThe leather shiny ...Read Full Lyrics

One starry night as I lay sleepin'One starry night as I lay in bedDreamed I heard wagon wheels a'creakin'When I awoke, love, found you had fledI'll search the highways, likewise th...Read Full Lyrics

She fell hard for a Celtic RockerTurned her whole life upside downHer Old Man don’t know what to do with herOut drinkin’ Guinness, buyin’ her own roundShe tossed her J. Crew ...Read Full Lyrics

Izzy was a tailor down the Lower East Side)The very man to top you off with dignity and prideHis mother wanted him to marry a Katz from Houston StreetA great big strapping lump of ...Read Full Lyrics

I don't know why it all fell apart I was too young, you were too smart I guess you knew It was goin' nowhere right from the start But your memory brings a smile And every once in ...Read Full Lyrics

Another sleepless nightOn a foreign shoreCandle flickers by my bedLocks bolt my doorI drink too much wineBut it gives my brain reliefStops the meanderingsThat root me from my sleep...Read Full Lyrics

Oh I see you lookin' from the corner of your eyeAs I put on me make-up, hoist me skirt up highI won't be comin' home tonight, just so as you knowLock up your door, boy, as you watc...Read Full Lyrics