Stephen Bard - New York Son

She called me yesterday morning
To tell me he’d passed
Not like it came without warning
Still my dad went too fast
I want to ask all these people
Tell me whatever you know
'Cause I know a few things about him
But there’s
So much
I still don’t
Yeah I’m a 7 year old boy in my daddy’s shoes
He said, “Son, when I want the news
Give me The Daily News”
Nobody had to tell him where he came from
And when he said, “The Stadium”
He meant Yankee Stadium
He was the man I hope to be before I’m done
New York son
Corner of 102nd
And Amsterdam Ave
I took the subway uptown
With all that I have
Sat on the stoop at the Red Eye
Where the whiskey’s still strong
He never liked to say, “Goodbye”
He only said,
“So long”
Yeah I’m a 7-year-old boy in my daddy’s shoes
Now a 40 something father in search of some clues
Walking through the streets of his youngest years
Holding on to memories and holding back the tears
While all the kids were playing stickball
Having fun
In the New York sun
I want to ask all these people
Tell me whatever you know
'Cause I know a few things about him
But there’s so much I still don’t
Sometimes I put on his coat and his old leather shoes
And when I want the news
Give me The Daily News
Nobody has to tell me where I come from
And when I say “The Stadium”
I mean Yankee Stadium
And no matter where I go I’ll always be one
New York son

Written by:
Stephen Shefferman

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