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GEm They say I'm too young to love you
C I don't know what I need
 They think I don't understand
GFG The Freedomland of the seventies
Em I think I'm too cool to know ya
C You say I'm like the ice I freeze
 I'm churning out novels like
GFEm Beat poetry on Amphetamines
CEm I say...
F I say...
CG Well, my boyfriend's in the band
FC He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
FC I've got feathers in my hair
FEm I get down to Beat poetry
CG And my jazz collection's rare
FC I can play almost anything
FC I'm a Brooklyn baby
FEm I'm a Brooklyn baby
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GEm They say I'm too young to love you
C They say I'm too dumb to see
 They judge me like a picture book
GFG By the colors like they forgot to read
Em I think we're like fire and water
C I think we're like the wind and sea
 You're burning up, I'm cooling down
Am You're up, I'm down
Asus2Em You're blind, I see
CEm But I'm free
F I'm free
CG Well, my boyfriend's in the band
FC He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
FC I've got feathers in my hair
FEm I get down to Beat poetry
CG And my jazz collection's rare
FC I can play almost anything
FC I'm a Brooklyn baby
FEm I'm a Brooklyn baby
C * Em * I'm talking about my generation
G * Talking about that newer nation
 And if you don't like it
Am * Bm * D * Em * You can beat it, beat it, baby
C * Em * You never liked the way I said it
G * If you don't get it, then forget it
Am * Bm * D * C Cause I don't have to fucking explain it
CG Well, my boyfriend's in the band
FC He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed
FC I've got feathers in my hair
FEm I get high on hydroponic weed
CG And my jazz collection's rare
FC I get down to beat poetry
FC I'm a Brooklyn baby
FEm I'm a Brooklyn baby
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CG Yeah my boyfriend's pretty cool
FC But he's not as cool as me
FC Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby
FEm I'm a Brooklyn baby
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