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Brooklyn Roads

Released by Neil Diamond in 1968
From the Album: Velvet Gloves And Spit |

This version of Brooklyn Roads was released by Neil Diamond in 1968.

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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 drying in the doorways
And report cards I was always
Afraid to show

Mama’d come to school
And as I sit there softly crying
Teacher’d say, “He’s just not trying
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 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


Neil Diamond has released many songs over the years besides Brooklyn Roads. Neil Diamond released songs from 1966 to 2005 spanning across albums like The Feel Of Neil, Velvet Gloves And Spit, Touching You, Touching Me, Sweet Caroline, Tap Root Manuscript, Stones, Do It, Moods, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Serenade, Beautiful Noise, I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight, You Don't Bring Me Flowers, September Morn, The Jazz Singer, On The Way To The Sky, Heartlight, Primitive, Headed For The Future, The Best Years Of Our Lives, Lovescape, The Christmas Album, Up On The Roof: Songs From The Brill Building, The Christmas Album Volume Two, In My Lifetime, Tennessee Moon, and 12 Songs. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Neil Diamond.

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