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Griffith Nanci Before

all believed in the dream Before?Before I dreamed of Manhattan In a time before this war It was snowing down on Bleecker Street It was before you were

by Nanci Griffith He owned a hotel on Jersey shore She made her living seeing the sailors door to door He was a small Hawaiian with a crooked smile But

see 'Cause love was a magnet on the Jersey shore If you were looking for love, boys, you could have found it in '44 'Cause love wore a halo back before

[Chorus:] Love was an anchor on the Jersey shore If you were looking for love, boys, You could've found it in forty four 'Cuz love wore a halo... back before

Traduzione: Nanci Griffith. Amore indossava un Halo (Back prima della guerra).