Esta es una grabación en vivo de 1971, de una de las canciones de Neil con mayor carga autobiográfica relacionada con su infancia. Para disfrutar y recordar. La versión de estudio original se grabó para su LP de 1968 "Velvet Gloves and Spit". La letra en inglés está en seguida:
Brooklyn Roads (Original de 1968; esta grabación en vivo de 1971)
If I close my eyes
I can almost hear my mother
Calling, "Neil, go find your brother
Daddy's home, and it's time for supper
Hurry on"
And I see two boys
Racing up two flights of staircase
Squirming into papa's embrace
And his whiskers warm on their face
Where's it gone?
Where's it gone?
Two floors above the butcher
First door on the right
And life filled to the brim
As I stood by my window
And looked out on those
Brooklyn roads
I can still recall
Smells of cooking in the hallways
Rubbers drying in the doorways
And report cards I was always
Afraid to show
Mama'd come to school
And as I sit there softly crying
Teacher´d say, "Hes just not trying
Got a good head if he'd apply it
But you know yourself
It's always somewhere else"
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 on those
Brooklyn roads
Thought of going back
But all I'd see are stranger's faces
And all the scars that love erases
But as my mind walks through those places
I'm wondering
What's come of them?
Does some other young boy
Come home to my room?
Does he dream what I did?
As he stands by my window
And looks out on those
Brooklyn roads
Brooklyn roads
NEIL DIAMOND: JUST THE BEST...UNIQUE !
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rosfelrub 1 month ago
I really love this version of 'Brooklyn Roads'. Is it from 'Stages'? It is longer than the original on 'Velvet Gloves and Spit'. There is another longer version on 'The Greatest Hit (1966-1992).
4evermore12 11 months ago
One of my top 5 songs by Neil, but he's #1.....
mocalsa 1 year ago
Brooklyn Roads is one of the most nostalgic songs of Neil. I love it. Wandering if there are still little boys out there with the same dreams. Beautifully authobiographic translation of his life as a young boy. Knit family, Very touchy!
loekiemorales 1 year ago