Room In Brooklyn

Who sent you flowers
The scent hangs heavy in the air
Who sent you flowers
The scent hangs heavy in the air

One two three four five six seven eight flights to your door
Room in Brooklyn

You got the floor to ceiling window pane
Tall as your story, tall as they come

One two three four five six seven eight flights to your door
Room in Brooklyn

And it's a long way down you know
But it's the only place left to go.. ohhhhh

Room in Brooklyn
Room in Brooklyn
Room in Brooklyn
Room in Brooklyn

One flight two flight three flight four, five six seven eight at your door
One flight two flight three flight four, five six seven eight at your door

Room in Brooklyn
Room in Brooklyn
Room in Brooklyn
Room in Brooklyn

Lyrics by:
Squire

Format:
Released January 2004:
Room In Brooklyn (North Country Records, 1 Track Promo CD)

Released 2nd February 2004:
Room In Brooklyn / Nighthawks (North Country Records, NCCDA003, CD)
Room In Brooklyn / Nighthawks (North Country Records, NC003, 7")

UK chart details:
#44

Also available on:
Marshall's House (2.40)

Artwork details:
The Room In Brooklyn artwork is from 'Marshall's House (Study)' (2003), oil on canvas, 44" x 82"

Details:

Emptiness and silence pervade the scenes in Hopper's work. New Yorkers find themselves alone in the supposed privacy of their homes and hotel rooms, but also in the public realm of restaurants, lobbies, theaters, and the street. In New England, houses and lighthouses stand secluded on hillsides or along the coast. In other works, the presence of additional figures — a fellow diner, traveller, colleague, or spouse — only renders the isolation more acute by unfulfilled promises of true companionship. Hopper's paintings invite endless interpretation; they have been variously described as representations of loneliness, alienation, melancholy, or solitude.

The cover artwork, entitled 'Marshall's House', was originally intended to be used as the cover of John's second solo LP of the same name but instead was used as the cover of Room In Brooklyn.

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