Brooklyn Nights (song)

General information
Writer(s)	Lady Gaga DJ White Shadow Nick Monson Dino Zisis

"Brooklyn Nights" is a song written by Lady Gaga on September 18, 2010, when she was in Charlotte, North Carolina during the Monster Ball Tour. She talked about having written a new song and referenced it as "Charlotte Nights". Before she played "Yoü and I" at the show, she said "I did write another song today while I was here in North Carolina," which she called "An impressive and interesting place" because of an "adult shop" she visited where "the pornography was staggering... Congratulations on your tripple-X stores!" She later said she got really inspired to write a great song. She revealed the song title on September 20, 2013 via Twitter in anticipation for her then-upcoming album, ARTPOP, but the song was not included on the final track list. Gaga later confirmed the song would be available through the ARTPOP app during a Twitter Q&A. Snippets of the song leaked on February 15, 2014 and leaked in full on March 15, 2014.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]:
I always thought it was you,
You always thought it was me.
We always thought we were it,
Seemed like a real perfect fit,
Those Brooklyn Nights set us free.

I always thought even though,
We were so young we could grow,
Up in the end it'd be us,
We'd take the F by the bus,
Where Brooklyn Nights set us free.

[Chorus]:
It's not that I don't wanna love you,
(Wanna love you.)
It's not that I'm really over it,
(You know, you know.)
It's just that I can't watch us bleed to death,
When we used to be Brooklyn Nights happy.

[Verse 2]:
I miss our cheap chandelier.
Remember when dad hung it there?
And we would watch Rocky IV,
The one where the Russian scored,
I loved Brigitte Nielsen's hair.

I'd call you my champion,
Thought we had already won,
And cracked open our last beer,
Falling asleep in our tears.
Those Brooklyn Nights set us free.
(Us free, us free, us free.)

[Chorus]:
It's not that I don't wanna love you,
(Wanna love you.)
It's not that I'm really over it,
(You know, you know.)
It's just that I can't watch us bleed to death,
When we used to be Brooklyn Nights happy.
(Happy, happy, happy.)

[Bridge]:
I found an old pair of,
Keys in my purse that opened,
The walkup we shared.
How did they get there, jerk?
I wanna see you there,
I wanna make it work.
(It work, it work, it work.)

I didn't brush my hair,
And my lashes are falling,
Off of seven years,
Of our bad luck dating.
I want one last night there,
A Brooklyn Night affair.
(A Brooklyn Night affair.)

[Chorus]:
It's not that I don't wanna love you,
(don't wanna love you.)
It's not that I'm really over it, you know
(You know, you know.)
It's just that I can't watch us bleed to death,
When we used to be Brooklyn Nights happy.

[Outro]:
Its not that I don't want to love you
'Cause I really tried, and I,
Just wanna hang with the old you,
For just one Brooklyn Night adieu.
Have a drink with your former self,
We both won't act like someone else.
Maybe then we'd both tell the truth,
For just one Brooklyn Night adieu.

Credits

Writers and producers	Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Nick Monson and Dino Zisis.
Published by	Template:Publishedby

References

• ASCAP Work ID: 886386439