INTRO: A #1.
A If I close my eyes, I can almost hear my mother,
D callin', Neil, go find your brother, Daddy's home,
GD and it's time for supper, hurry on.
A And I see two boys racin' up two flights of staircase,
D squirmin' into Papa's embrace and his whiskers warm
GDA on their face, where's it gone? Oh, where's it gone?
 CHORUS:
DGCF Two floors above the butcher, first door on the right.
F And life filled to the brim as I stood by my window
CD and looked out on those, Brooklyn Roads.
 #2.
A I can still recall the smells of cookin' in the hallways.
DG Rubbers drying in the doorways and report cards I was
D always afraid to show.
A Mama'd come to school and as I sit there softly crying,
D teacher'd say, he's just not trying, got a good head
G if he'd apply it.
DA But you know yourself, it's always somewhere else.
 CHORUS:
DGmCF 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 
CD on those Brooklyn roads.
 INTERLUDE: G D G C F Bb C D #3.
A Thought of going back but all I'd see are stranger's
 faces and all the scars that love erases.
DGD But as my mind walks through those places I'm wonderin',
A what's come of them?
 OUTRO:
DGmCF Does some other young boy come home to my room?
 Does he dream what I did as he stands by my window and 
CBmEmDGDG D looks out on those Brook..lyn roads..Brooklyn roads.