They say I'm too old to love you
I don't know what I need
They think I don't understand
The freedom land of the Seventies
They think I'm too cool to know you
You say I'm like the ice I freeze
I'm churning out novels like
Beat poetry on amphetamines
I say
I say
Well my boyfriend's in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I've got feathers in my hair
I get down to beat poetry
And my jazz collection's rad
I can play almost anything
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
They say I'm too old to love you
You say I'm too dumb to see
They judge me like a picture book
By the colors like they forgot to read
I think wе're like fire and watеr
I think we're like the wind and sea
You're burning up, I'm cooling down
You're up, I'm down
You're blind, I see
But I'm free
I'm free
Well my boyfriend's in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I've got feathers in my hair
I get down to beat poetry
And my jazz collection's rad
I can play almost anything
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
Talking about my generation
Talking about a newer nation
And if you don't like it
You can beat it
Beat it, baby
You never liked the way I said it
If you don't get it then forget it
Cause I don't have to fucking explain it
And my boyfriend's in a band
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
I've got feathers in my hair
I get high on weed
And my jazz collection's rad
I get down to beat poetry
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
Yeah my boyfriend's pretty cool, but he's not as cool as me
Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby