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
AND LIFE FILLED TO THE BRIM
AS I STOOD BY MY WINDOW
AND LOOKED OUT ON THOSE
BROOKLYN ROADS
I CAN STILL RECALL
THE SMELLS OF COOKIN'
IN THE HALLWAYS
RUBBERS DRYIN'
IN THE DOORWAYS
AND REPORT CARDS
I WAS ALWAYS
AFRAID TO SHOW
MAMA'D COME TO SCHOOL
AND AS I'D SIT THERE
SOFTLY CRYIN'
TEACHER'D SAY
HE'S JUST NOT TRYIN'
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 GOIN' 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 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