They say I'm too young to love you
I don't know what I need
They think I don't understand
The freedom land of the 70's

I think I'm too cool to know you
You say I'm like the ice I freeze
I'm trying 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 collections rad
I can play most anything
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
 
They say I'm too young to love you
They say I'm too dumb to see
They judge me like a picture book by the colors
Like they forgot to read

I think we're like fire and water
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 collections rad
I can play most anything
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
 
I'm darkened by my generation
I'm talking 'bout that 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 hydroponic weed
And my jazz collections 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