Brooklyn Bridge Song Lyrics and Chords by Bobby Bare
Brooklyn Bridge
Recorded by Bobby Bare
Written by Bobby Bare and Lance Guyness
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Oh there I stood in the great big
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city
Where the
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buildings are tall and the
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girls are all pretty
Up stepped a man he said
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come here son
I got a big
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deal now if you got the
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mon'
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I bought the Brooklyn Bridge
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dollars two cigarettes and an
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autograph picture of
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Elvis
Well I kept
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my bridge for a
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day or so
But
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then my money was a runnin'
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low
And I tried to
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make me a sale
But the
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man done come and he took me to jail
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Said I's crazy
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laughed at told me
That a society
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frowned upon it
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Well then he
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stood me up in a
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front of a judge
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stood there a grinnin' but the
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judge didn't budge
He said thirty dollars or
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thirty
days
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And I looked at him and
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all I could say
Was all that take thirty dollars
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Couldn't make that thirty-five could you
Spend all my
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money on that
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bridge
Well after
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ninety days in that
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man's
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still tryin' to
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make me a sale
Met some cat called
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Skid Row Pete
So I
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traded it off for
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52nd
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Big deal oh
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big man of action a
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big
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bet the folks back home could
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never
realize
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That in a great big town this
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size
Boy like theirs could
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own the street
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Spend his days just to
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keepin' it neat
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Pickin' up cigarette butts
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wine
bottles
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Terrorizing the pedestrians
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shoo them
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pigeons
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bet old Skid Row Pete ain't got no pigeons
On the Brooklyn
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Bridge
I bet he can'
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t trade that bridge off either
Because a man gonna come take him
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down
FAQ
Who sang the the song Brooklyn Bridge?
- The song Brooklyn Bridge was sang by Bobby Bare.
Who is Bobby Bare?
- Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician.
