C# Fm x4
G# Fm
They say I'm too young to love you
C#
I don't know what I need
C#
They think I don't understand
G# F#
The freedom land of the 70's
G# Fm
I think I'm too cool to know you
Fm C#
You say I'm like the ice I freeze
C#
I'm churning out novels like
G# F# Fm
Beat poetry on Amphetamines
Fm C#
I say...
Fm 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# Fm
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# Fm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
C#, Fm, C#, Fm
(skatting)
G# Fm
They say I'm too young to love you
Fm C#
They say I'm too dumb to see
C#
They judge me like a picture book
G# F#
By the colors like they forgot to read
G#
I think we're like fire and water
Fm C#
I think we're like the wind and sea
C#
You're burning up, I'm cooling down
Bbm Bbm7 Fm
You're up, I'm down you're blind, I see
C# Fm
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# Fm
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# Fm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
C#
I'm talking about my generation
Fm G#
Talking about that newer nation
G# Bbm Bbm7
And if you don't like it you can beat it, beat it baby
C# Fm
You never liked the way I said it
Fm G#
If you don't get it, then forget it
G# Bbm Bbm7
Cause I don't have to fucking explain it
C# G#
And 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# Fm
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# Fm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
C#, G#, F#, C#, F#, C#, F#, Fm
(skatting)
C# G#
Yeah my boyfriend's really cool
F# C#
But he's not as cool as me
F# C#
Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby
F# Fm
I'm a Brooklyn baby
C#, G#, F#, C#, F#, C#, F#, Fm
(outro)
C#, Fm X4
