Neil Diamond - Brooklyn Roads

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

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

Brooklyn Roads Neil Diamond (1968)

What Neil had to say about this song: "I had just signed with MCA Records and wanted to stretch my creative wings. This is the most literal and personal story I ...

Neil Diamond Brooklyn Roads

pictures of Brooklyn then and now,set to "Brooklyn Roads" by Neil Diamond.

Neil Diamond - Brooklyn Roads 2008

Neil Diamond - Brooklyn Roads 2008 Released 1968 Live at Madison Square Garden, New York City (At the beginning Neil told the story about his youth in ...

Brooklyn Roads (live) The Essential Neil Diamond

Live Neil Diamond sings Brooklyn Roads If I close my eyes I can almost hear my mother Callin, neil, go find your brother Daddys home, and it's time for supper ...

Brooklyn Roads Neil Diamond

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