They say I'm too young to love you 
I don't know what I need 
They think I don't understand 
The Freedomland of the seventies 
I think I'm too cool to know ya 
You say I'm like the ice I freeze 
I'm churning 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 collection’s rare 
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 sing 
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 collection’s rare 
I can play most anything 
I'm a Brooklyn baby 
I'm a Brooklyn baby 

I’m talking about my generation 
Talking about 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 
So I don't have to [bad word] explain it 

And my boyfriend’s in a band 
He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed 
I've got feathers in my head 
I get high on hydroponic weed 
And my jazz collection’s rare 
I get down to beat poetry 
I'm a Brooklyn baby 
I'm a Brooklyn baby 

Yeah, my boyfriend's really cool 
But he's not as cool as me 
Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby 
I'm a Brooklyn baby