and so here I am a coward in my yellow skin
I find you knocking at my door and asking me to let you in
to let you in these shaky walls to let you walk this shaky floor
this is comfort you don't need I've been through all of this before
and I
I say Brooklyn you are loved
deep inside Manhattan's angry arms
what then can I do
what then can I say
to make it safe for you
I am rusting on the lock and I am broken on the hinge
there is nothing to keep you out there is nothing to keep you in
and this is not the worst of it so small forgiveness would you spare
I guess you know I'm full of shit I guess by now you know I'm scared
well I
I say Brooklyn you are loved
deep inside Manhattan's angry arms
what then can I do
what then can I say
to make it safe for you
all the madness of my youth I pray will temper as I age
I am pleasure I am faith I am brutality and rage
and soon you'll find the body bags of every woman I have loved
we'll fuck too hard we won't say much I'll turn around and you'll be gone
well I
I say Brooklyn you are loved
deep inside Manhattan's angry arms
what then can I do
what then can I say
to make it safe for you
to stay here
stay here