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Artist: Lana del
Track: Brooklyn Baby

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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 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 the 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
You 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, I'm down
You're blind, I see
But I'm free
Ooh, I'm free

Well, my boyfriend's in the 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 fucking explain it

And my boyfriend’s in the 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 pretty cool
But he's not as cool as me
'Cause I'm a Brooklyn baby
I'm a Brooklyn baby
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[Uvod] / Da-da-da-da-da-da-da / Da-da-da-da-da-da-da / Da-da-da-da-da-da-da / [Verz 1] / Pravijo, da sem premlada, da bi te ljubila / Ne vem, kaj potrebujem / Mislijo, da ne
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[Інтро] / Та-да-да-да-да-да-да / Та-да-да-да-да-да-да / Да-да-да-да-да-да-да / [Куплет 1] / Вони кажуть, що я занадто молода, щоб тебе кохати / Не знаю, що мені потрібно / Вони
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SongMeanings Interpretations
Lana Del Rey - Brooklyn Baby Lyrics & Meanings
Brooklyn Baby Lyrics & Meanings: 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 you / 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 rad / 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 to 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, oooh / I’m free / / Well, my boyfriend’s in a band / He plays guitar while I sing Lou Reed / I’ve got feat
Brooklyn Baby Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by axiana
axiana discusses the meanings of Brooklyn Baby lyrics: from my prespective, i see this song as 2 people who love each other but are very different from each other due to the age gap. “They say i’m too young to love you”, indicating her partner is significantly older. “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”, i think this indicates that they are the total opposites of each other because they have a significant age gap but because of that, they compliment each other and make it work because they love each other.
Brooklyn Baby Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by Barracuda
Barracuda discusses the meanings of Brooklyn Baby lyrics: This song overall, in my opinion, is poking fun of/satirizing stereotypical Brooklyn hipsters. This isn't a problem for me, considering that I am not a Brooklyn hipster, or a hipster in general, and it's really not offensive or malicious in it's tone. Some might take offense, but the way I see it, they don't really see that this song is firmly tongue in cheek.
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lovaofnovels9 discusses the meanings of Brooklyn Baby lyrics: I think this song is about Lana (the girl in the song) falling for a guy who's like a serious singer and the people who hang around him, (his friends) think of Lana as trash because she's not like them. I think during the song she sings about all the things she knows about singing, poetry, so she can prove to them that she is worthy of being with them. Towards the end, I think she becomes bitter with all of them because she starts saying thinks like,
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