Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro was an influential New York City-based singer-songwriter, with a powerful, soulful voice who bridged the gaps between folk, pop, and soul.
Her best studio albums include Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, New York Tendaberry and Christmas Tenderberry; the full version of her live album Season of Lights, which was finally issued in 2008, includes sixteen songs recorded in 1977.
When I Was a Freeport
and You Were a Main Drag
You took my heart, misery
You taught me blues
Well I got a lot of patience baby
That’s a lot of patience to lose
I’m crying, I’m mad at my country
Now I’ve been treated bad
When I was a freeport and you were the main drag.
Broken blues, I just don’t know
Little bird, flying by my window
Take me where you go
I’m crying – I’m looking at these times
And It’s bound to drive me mad
When I was a freeport and you were the main drag.
What did I do?
Everybody’s putting me down
I keep running
But the law kept coming around.
So fare thee well, happiness
Cause I got blues
And I got a lot of patience baby
That’s a lot of patience to lose
I’m a woman
Waiting for due time
Now I’ve been treated bad
When I was a freeport and you were the main drag