joey gallo

• 1929 doğumlu 1972'de ölmüş ünlü italyan asıllı amerikalı gangster. lakabı 'crazy joe' yani çılgın joe'dur. new york brooklyn'de mafyanın altın çağında doğmuş olması nedeniyle gallo kendisini küçük yaşta suç dünyasının içinde buldu. carlo gambino liderliğindeki gambino ailesinin tetikçisi olarak kısa sürede suç dünyasında yükseldi. albert anastasia'nın altında murder inc adına yıllarca para için adam vurdu. profaci ailesinin liderliğini ele geçirmek için joseph profaci ile kıyasıya bir rekabete girişti ve bu mücadeleden galip çıktı. ancak bu mücadele ona 10 yıllık bir hapis cezasına mal oldu. hapisten çıkışında zenci çeteleriyle işbirliği yaparak, la cosa nostra'nın ırkçı sistemine bir yenilik getirdi. profaci'nin veliahtı şöhret düşkünü joseph colombo'yu vurdurup bitkisel hayata sokarak ününe ün kattı. onun için "o artık bir sebze" esprisi de yapmıştır zamanında. bu dönemde sanat çevreleri ve entelektüellerle dostluklar kurdu. 1972'de doğumgününü kutlamak için bulunduğu bir restoranda tetikçilerin saldırısı sonucunda ailesinin gözleri önünde hayatını kaybetti. bob dylan ve jacques levy 1976 yılında kendisi için joey şarkısını bestelemişlerdir.
• born in red hook brooklyn in the year of who knows when
  opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion
  always on the outside whatever side there was
  when they asked him why it had to be that way "well" he answered "just because".
  
  larry was the oldest joey was next to last
  they called joe "crazy" the baby they called "kid blast"
  some say they lived off gambling and running numbers too
  it always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue.
  
  joey, joey
  king of the streets child of clay
  joey, joey
  what made them want to come and blow you away.
  
  there was talk they killed their rivals but the truth was far from that
  no one ever knew for sure where they were really at
  when they tried to strangle larry, joey almost hit the roof
  he went out that night to seek revenge thinking he was bulletproof.
  
  the war broke out at the break of dawn it emptied out the streets
  joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats
  till they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners
  they stashed them away in a basement called them amateurs.
  
  the hostages were trembling when they heard a man exclaim
  "let's blow this place to kingdom come let con edison take the blame"
  but joey stepped up, and he raised his hand and said, "we're not those kind of men
  it's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again".
  
  joey, joey
  king of the streets child of clay
  joey, joey
  what made them want to come and blow you away.
  
  the police department hounded him, they called him mr. smith
  they got him on conspiracy, they were never sure who with
  "what time is it" said the judge to joey when they met
  "five to ten" said joey. the judge says, "that's exactly what you get".
  
  he did ten years in attica, reading nietzche and wilhelm reich
  they threw him in the hole one time for trying to stop a strike
  his closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand
  what it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand.
  
  when they let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight
  but he dressed like jimmy cagney and i swear he did look great
  he tried to find the way back into the life he left behind
  to the boss he said, "i've returned and now i want what's mine".
  
  joey, joey
  king of the streets child of clay
  joey, joey
  what made them want to come and blow you away.
  
  it was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun
  "i'm around too many children", he'd say, "they should never know of one"
  yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe
  emptied out his register, said, "tell 'em it was crazy joe".
  
  one day they blew him down in a clam bar in new york
  he could see it coming through the doors as he lifted up his fork
  he pushed the table over to protect his family
  then he staggered out into the streets of little italy.
  
  joey, joey
  king of the streets child of clay
  joey, joey
  what made them want to come and blow you away.
  
  sister jacqueline and carmela and mother mary all did weep
  i heard his best friend frankie say, "he ain't dead he's just asleep"
  then i saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave
  i guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save.
  
  the sun turned cold over president street and the town of the brooklyn mourned
  they said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born
  and someday if god's in heaven overlooking his preserve
  i know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve.
  
  joey, joey
  king of the streets child of clay
  joey, joey
  what made them want to come and blow you away.
  
  dinlemek için; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ulhvje_1u
• ayrıca yine bu isimde amerika'da ünlü bir beyzbol oyuncusu da vardır. 1993 doğumlu genç sporcu, texas rangers forması giymektedir.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/…iki/joey_gallo_(baseball)
• (bkz: joe gallo)
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/joe_gallo
• beyzbol oyuncusu olan joey gallo yakın zamanda new york yankees'e takas olmuştur