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lyrics

Tommy went to Woodstock the first time around
On the album cover you can see him in the crowd
He looks the same now as he did then
Short hair, thick glasses, a little stubble on his chin
They sent his older brother to Vietnam
Left behind Tommy and his broken hearted Mom
His brother tried to do right but he lost his way
Came back with a habit, fifty bucks a day

Hey now
Hey now
Hey now
Hey now

Tommy dropped acid, then he dropped out of school
Spent all summer lying by the pool
Reading comic books from the newspaper stand
Wishing he could fly like Superman
Got a job flipping burgers for a minimum wage
Tried to act like other kids his age
But he just felt different and he came to believe
It was time for him to go, time for him to leave

Hey now
Hey now
Hey now
Hey now

He got on a Greyhound, he was New York City bound
When he got there he headed downtown
There everyone was different so he fit right in
He was a million miles away from where he'd been
Got a job in a bar on Second Avenue
With a checkerboard floor and a bouncer named Blue
Within a week he was booking the bands
Everyone was giving him tapes and shaking his hand

Hey now
Hey now
Hey now
Hey now

Tommy was there every night, turning up the mikes
Joking with the dealers and the crackheads alike
When things were slow, more often then not,
Him and Blue'd be in the basement, smoking pot
On Saturday night the place was packed
All the regulars would find a place in the back
The guitars would scream and the walls would sweat
Tommy said "This is as good as it gets"

Hey now
Hey now
Hey now
Hey now

Then the bar changed hands and it got a velvet rope
Everyone quit drinking, cigarettes and dope
Blue went to jail and the music stopped
All the new kids started calling Tommy Pops
But he didn't mind cause he'd been there when
Everything happened that never happened again
He'd never say this, he always hated this phrase,
But I guess you and I could say those were his glory days

Hey now
Hey now
Hey now
Hey now

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from Are We There Yet ?, released December 6, 2011
Featuring Liz Tormes, vocals

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Homeboy Steve New York, New York

Homeboy Steve, nee Stephen B Antonakos, has played with a succession of American roots bands spanning the last thirty years.
His most recent release is "Bodega Rock". He thinks that there's one or two good songs left that haven't already been written and he presents his attempts to write and perform them accompanied by his guitar and other friends. ... more

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