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You and I go walkinhand in hand we're talkingdown along the waterfront docksThe smell of fish it lingersfrom the midnight marketwe're quiet in the way new lovers talkon that dirty riverwe will be deliveredacross the Brooklyn bridgeacross the Brooklyn bridgetall ships all along the pierlines like the tracks of tearsfor the lost glory of new Amsterdam flanked by silver scrapersof the new Jerusalem makersthe old new york they didn't give a damnsome built their dreams in arcs of lightsome in sacrilege across the Brooklyn bridgeacross the Brooklyn bridgehow I love to listen to the windthrough her stringshow i love to hear her singacross the Brooklyn bridgeSongtexteif you've ever been a roveracross the Brooklyn bridgeanything lies overthe Brooklyn bridge50 degrees is the watchtower6:15 the hourthe sun sets in the harbor hazethe tugs are all going homeyou lean over the edge and stare down at the foamwith your hair all falling in your facecan you moor this weary shipwill you tie these lines to your slipcan you love a lonely sailorcan you love a lonely sailoracross the Brooklyn bridgeif you've ever been a roveracross the Brooklyn bridgeany town lies overthe Brooklyn bridge Aus Songtexte Mania