They say I'm too young to love you
I don't know what I need
They think I don't understand
The freedom land of the 70's

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 said... I said...

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 almost 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 see
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 on town, your 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 almost anything
I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby

I'm darkened by my generation
Talking 'bout 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
'Cause 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 hair
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