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