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Matthew Patrick: Music

Staten Island Ferry Blues

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Matthew Feuer
Lady Liberty sat down beside me. She said, "Mister can you spare me a dime?"
Her clothes were rusted, her eyes were tired, her torch was smokin' like a funeral pyre.
She said, "Since he told me that he was leavin' I stopped believin' in the American Way."

All the lost souls ride the Staten Island Ferry, floatin' through the city lights.
Broken dreams dot the dark churnin' waters on a cold December night.

G.I.Joe went up in smoke. Now he's kickin' round in this dirty old town.
G.I.Jane can't explain where it went wrong or how it went down.

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Blue eyed lady singin' to me, "when your luck runs out that's when you'll come around."

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