[00:00.00]Lyrics:Neil Diamond Music:Neil Diamond[00:09.30]If I close my eyes[00:13.38]I can almost hear my mother[00:17.52]Callin', 'Neil, go find your brother[00:21.45]Daddy's home, and it's time for supper[00:24.72]Hurry on'[00:25.23]And I see two boys[00:25.56]Racin' up two flights of staircase[00:37.11]Squirmin' into Papa's embrace[00:41.37]And his whiskers warm on their face[00:44.61]Where's it gone[00:48.45]Oh, where's it gone[00:53.34]Two floors above the butcher[00:57.21]First door on the right[01:00.93]Life filled to the brim[01:02.94]As I stood by my window[01:05.49]And I looked out of those[01:06.63]Brooklyn roads[01:15.45]I can still recall[01:19.29]The smells of cookin' in the hallways[01:20.97]Rubbers drying in the doorways[01:27.48]And report cards I was always[01:30.75]Afraid to show[01:31.98]Mama'd come to school[01:39.39]And as I'd sit there softly crying[01:43.50]Teacher'd say, 'He's just not trying[01:45.99]He's got a good head if he'd apply it'[01:50.55]But you know yourself[01:54.90]It's always somewhere else[01:59.67]I built me a castle[02:03.42]With dragons and kings[02:07.47]And I'd ride off with them[02:09.21]As I stood by my window[02:11.70]And looked out on those[02:12.93]Brooklyn roads[02:39.21]Thought of going back[02:43.05]But all I'd see are stranger's faces[02:47.01]And all the scars that love erases[02:50.91]But as my mind walks through thoses places[02:54.21]I'm wonderin'[02:55.41]What's come of them[02:58.77]Does some other young boy[03:07.05]Come home to my room[03:11.04]Does he dream what I did[03:12.78]As he stands by my window[03:15.24]And looks out on those[03:16.53]Brooklyn roads