Brooklyn Roads

[Verse 1]
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?

[Chorus 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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"

[Chorus 2]
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

[Bridge]
Thought of going back
But all I'd see are strangers' faces
And all the scars that love erases
But as my mind walks through those places
I'm wonderin' what's come of them?

[Chorus 3]
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?

[Refrain]
Brooklyn roads