Load the car and write the note   Grab your bag and grab your coat   Tell the ones that need to know   We are headed north      One foot in and one foot back   But it don't pay to live like that   So I cut the ties and I jump the tracks   For never to return      Ah, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in   Are you aware the shape I'm in   My hands they shake, my head it spins   Ah, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in      When at first I learned to speak   I used all my words to fight   With him and her and you and me   Ah, but it's just a waste of time   Yeah, it's such a waste of time      That woman, she's got eyes that shine   Like a pair of stolen, polished dimes   She asked to dance, I said it's fine   I see you in the morning time      Ah, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in   Are you aware the shape I'm in   My hands they shake, my head it spins   Ah, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in      Three words that became hard to say   I and Love and You   What you were then, I am today   Look at the things I do      Ah, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in   Are you aware the shape I'm in   My hands they shake, my head it spins   Ah, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in      Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in   Are you aware the shape I'm in (aaah)   My hands they shake, my head it spins (spins)   Ah, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in      Dumb, down and numb by time and age   Your dreams they catch the world to the cage   The highway sets the travelers stage   All exits look the same      Three words that became hard to say   I and Love and You   I and Love and You   I and Love and You