Nanci Griffith - Good Night, New York lyrics

My mother came to America
Sailed through the harbor of
Hopes and of dreams back in the Thirties
With the streets paved in gold
And the sky laced with moonbeams

Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons
Here in the free world, we're the lucky ones

All of my yearning all of my hunger
Maybe I'm learning sometimes I wonder
Good night, New York

Before the Kennedys
Before the Beatles before the Vietnam War
Back to a time when anything was possible
Having less meant knowing more

Brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts
Here in the free world
For that second chance

All of my yearning all of my hunger
Maybe I'm learning sometimes I wonder
Good night, New York

My mother came to America
Sailed through the harbor of
Hopes and of dreams and here in the future
I hope I've not failed her
Cause nothing's the way that it seems

All of my yearning all of my hunger
Maybe I'm learning sometimes I wonder
Good night, New York