Intro: D F# (2x) A They say I'm too young to love you F# I don't know what I need D They think I don't understand A G The Freedomland of the seventies A I think I'm too cool to know ya F# You say I'm like the ice I freeze D I'm churning out novels like A G Beat poetry on Amphetamines F# D I say F# G I say D A Well, my boyfriend's in the band G D He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed G D I've got feathers in my hair G F# I get down to Beat poetry D A And my jazz collection's rare G D I can play most anything G D I'm a Brooklyn baby G F# I'm a Brooklyn baby D , F# A They say I'm too young to love you F# You say I'm too dumb to see D They judge me like a picture book A G By the colors like they forgot to read A I think we're like fire and water F# I think we're like the wind and sea D You're burning up, I'm cooling down A You're up, I'm down G You're blind, I see F# D But I'm free F# G I'm free D A Well, my boyfriend's in the band G D He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed G D I've got feathers in my hair G F# I get down to Beat poetry D A And my jazz collection's rare G D I can play most anything G D I'm a Brooklyn baby G F# I'm a Brooklyn baby D I'm talking about my generation F# Talking about that newer nation D And if you don't like it F# You can beat it Beat it, baby D You never liked the way I said it F# If you don't get it, then forget it D F# So I don't have to f*cking explain it D A And my boyfriend's in a band G D He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed G D I've got feathers in my hair G F# I get high on hydroponic weed D A And my jazz collection's rare G D I get down to beat poetry G D I'm a Brooklyn baby G F# I'm a Brooklyn baby D A G D G D G F# D A Yeah my boyfriend's really cool G D But he's not as cool as me G D Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby G F# I'm a Brooklyn baby
