When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag Lyrics - Laura Nyro

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