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've been treated bad When I was a Freeport And you were the main drag Broken blues I just don't know Little bird Flyin' by my window Take me when you go, I lookin' 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 puttin' me down I keep runnin' But the law kept comin' around So fare thee well happiness 'Cause I've got blues And I got a lot of patience, baby That's a lot of patience to lose I'm a woman and this is my due time I've been treated bad When I was a Freeport And you were the main drag