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Brooklyn Roads
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Pop
Brooklyn Roads was released on October 15, 1968 by Geffen as a part of the album Velvet Gloves and Spit
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Release DateOctober 15, 1968
LabelGeffen
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM120

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Songwriter
Artie Schroeck
Artie Schroeck
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Chip Taylor
Chip Taylor
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If I close my eyes
I can almost hear my mother
Calling, "Neil, go find your brother
Daddy's home and it's time for supper, hurry on"
[Verse 2]
And I see two boys
Racing up two flights of staircases
Squirming into Papa's embrace
And his whiskers warm on their faces, where's it gone?
Oh, where's it gone?
[Chorus]
Two floors above the butcher
First door on the right
And life filled to the brim as I stood by my window
And looked out on those Brooklyn roads
[Verse 3]
I can still recall
The smells of cooking in the hallways
Rubbers drying in the doorways
And report cards I was always afraid to show
[Verse 4]
Mama'd come to school
And as I sat there softly crying
Teacher'd say, "He's just not trying
Got a good head if he'd apply it, but you know yourself
It's always somewhere else"
[Chorus]
I built me a castle
With dragons and kings
And I'd ride off with them as I stood by my window
And looked out on those Brooklyn roads
[Verse 5]
Thought of going back
But all I'd see are strangers' faces
And all the scars that love erases
But as my mind walks through those places, I'm wondering
What's come of them?
[Chorus]
Does some other young boy
Come home to my room?
Does he dream what I did as he stands by my window
And looks out on those Brooklyn roads?
[Outro]
Brooklyn roads
Written by: Neil Diamond
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