Roy Black
Roy Black - Brooklyn roads songtekst
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If I close my eyes I can almost hear my mother Calling “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 it’s gone? Two floors above the butcher, first door on the right. 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 cockin’ in the hallways Rubbers dryin’ in the doorways And report cards I was always afraid to show. Mama’d come to school as I’d sit there softly cryin’ Teacher’d say: He’s just not tryin’! Got a good head, if he’d apply it. But you know yourself it’s always somewhere else.” I’d build 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 goin’ 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 become 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?