Brooklyn Roads Lyrics - Velvet Gloves And Spit - Neil Diamond

If I close my eyes 

I can almost hear my mother 

Callin', "Neil, go find your brother 

Daddy's home, and it's time for supper 

Hurry on" 

And I see two boys 

Racin' up two flights of staircase 

Squirmin' into Papa's embrace 

And his whiskers warm on their face 

Where's it gone 

Oh, where's it gone 

Two floors above the butcher 

First door on the right 

Life filled to the brim 

As I stood by my window 

And I looked out of those 

Brooklyn Roads 

I can still recall 

The smells of cookin' in the hallways 

Rubbers drying in the doorways 

And report cards I was always 

Afraid to show 

Mama'd come to school 

And as I'd sit there softly crying 

Teacher'd say, "He's just not trying 

He's got a good head if he'd apply it" 

But you know yourself 

It's always somewhere else 

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 

Thought of going back 

But all I'd see are stranger's faces 

And all the scars that love erases 

But as my mind walks through thoses places 

I'm wonderin' 

What's come of them 

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 

Brooklyn Roads 

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