When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go - downtown
When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know - downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown - no finer place, for sure
Downtown - everything's waiting for you
Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows - downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close - downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with him too before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown - waiting for you tonight
Downtown - you're gonna be all right now
(instrumental)
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown - don't wait a minute for
Downtown - everything's waiting for you
When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go downtown
When you got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalks where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
And go downtown
Things'll be great when you're downtown
No finer place for sure, downtown
Everything's waiting for you
Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows, downtown
Or maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close, downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of the music that they're playin'
Making conversation while you're on the dance floor swayin'
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
And go downtown
Where all the lights are bright, downtown
Waiting for you tonight, downtown
You're gonna be alright now
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there
You can forget all your troubles
Just forget all your cares
And go downtown
Things'll be great when you're downtown
Don't wait a minute more, downtown
Everything's waiting for you
Downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown, waiting for you tonight
Downtown, you're going to be alright now
Get on, get on, get on downtown
Fade:
Downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown, waiting for you tonight
Downtown, you're going to be alright now
There's a place called Downtown
Where the hippies all go
And they dance the charleston
And they do the limbo
Yeah the hippies all go there
'Cause they want to be seen
It's like a room
full of pictures
It's like a psychedelic dream
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown at night
Downtown
Let's have a party
Downtown at night
Yeah it's
right around the corner
Up and down the hill
When you hear the band playin'
It's gonna give you a chill
Give your money to the gateman
Young blood in his eye
Hold on to your baby
When you slip into the sky
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Hear the band playin'
Downtown all right
Jimi's playin' in the back room
Led Zeppelin on stage
There's a mirror ball twirlin'
And a note from Page
Like a water-washed diamond
In a river of sin
Goin' down like a whirlpool
When you get sucked in
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Hear the band playin'
Downtown all right
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Let's have a party
Red pants and the sugarman in the temple street gloom,
Drinkin' chivas regal in a four dollar room,
Just another dead soldier in a powder blue night,
Sugarman says baby everything's alright,
Goin' downtown down downtown.
Montclaire de havelin doin' the st. vitus dance,
Lookin' for someone to chop the lumber in his pants,
How am i gonna unload all of this ice and all this mink,
All the traffic in the street but it's so hard to think,
Goin' downtown down downtown.
Frankie's wearin' lipstick pierre cardin,
I swear to god i seen him holdin' hands with jimmy bond,
Sally's high on crank and hungry for some sweets,
She's fem in the sheets but she's butch in the streets,
Goin' downtown down downtown.
It's the cool of the evening the sun's goin' down,
I want to hold you in my arms i want to push you around,
I want to break your bottle and spill out all your charms,
Come on baby we'll set off all the burglar alarms,
Goin' downtown down downtown.
Red pants and the sugarman in the temple street gloom,
Drinkin' chivas regal in a four dollar room,
Just another dead soldier in a powder blue night,
Red pants turns to sugarman and says everything's alright,
When you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go Downtown
When you've got worries all the noise and the hurry seems to help I know Downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty how can you lose
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles forget all your cares
So go Downtown things'll be great when you're Downtown no finer place for sure
Downtown everything's waiting for you
Now don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows Downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to where they never close Downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of the gentle bosa nova
You'll be dancing with them too before the night gets over happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles forget all your cares
So go Downtown where all the lights are bright Downtown waiting for you tonight
Downtown you've gotta be all right now
[ guitar ]
And you'll may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and need a gentle hand to guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there we can forget all our troubles forget all our cares
So go Downtown things will be great when you're Downtown no finer place for sure
Well, yes, I could stay home, read a book or two,
Try to get a little bit better at some of these bad
things I do.
But the night it is young; so am I for a while,
So I put on my hat and coat and pants and my boots and
smile.
And I'm a gonna go
[Chorus:]
Downtown, downtown tonight,
I'm a gonna go all around the town, check out all the
sights,
I will be back in the mornin', feelin' bad or good,
Well, I do what I want, and I don't do what I should.
Well, some people tell me that they love the mountains
best,
Far as I can see it's just one big wilderness.
I've seen squirrels writin' tickets, dolphins drivin'
cars,
Blowfish blowin' tubas, grizzly bears in the bars.
And I'm a gonna go
[Chorus]
Well now if you've ever checked it out, you know just
what I mean,
There's always a few surprises in that same old scene.
You might meet some fella who can really blow the horn,
Make you glad for a change you done got born.
Don't ya wanna go
[Chorus]
Yes, I might get lucky, run into my friend, Jane,
Walk to her apartment in the shiny city rain.
Put on a little record; I get so long and tall,
I wish I was the wallpaper; Jane could be the wall.
And I'm a gonna go
[Chorus]
Yeah and when those lights come up, so soon, so soon,
We might sit and play some music in that trashed-out
livin' room.
Keep playin' that music 'til the dawn's early light,
Laugh like no one's business,
Man ain't that the life.
And I'm a gonna go
[Chorus]
Have you ever known the magic hour just before the
dawn?
When the mornin' is still sleeping, but the night is
not yet gone.
And you're walkin' home from some little joint with
someone you love,
With the moon and stars and the bells and birds all
ringin' up above.
Don't ya wanna go
Downtown people gotta work a little harder
Working downtown
Downtown, they got to think a little quicker
'Cause they're downtown
Downtown, the breaks are harder
Downtown, the thieves are smarter
I've got this place I'm renting
It cost me next to nothing, downtown
Nobody comes around telling me
I gotta turn the sound down
Broadway, down on the corner
The Bible screamer, the plasma donor
Buses, car horns, ghetto blasters
The shouts and cries of the human disasters
It's all music
It's all music
Downtown
It's all music
It's all music
I feel alright when I'm downtown
My feet are light when I'm downtown
I cast my hopes on the human tide
I place my bet and let it ride
I'm open wide when I'm downtown
Downtown, there's every kind of people
Walkin' 'round downtown
Downtown, there's every language
Every human sound, downtown
Downtown, the nights are longer
Downtown, the sights are stronger
Downtown, wandering all around, downtown
It's all music
Eight blocks south of city hall
The rats run free and the winos crawl
Darkness falls on the vast machine
Where the future stalks the American dream
I feel alright when I'm downtown
My head feels light when I'm downtown
It's all in sight when I'm downtown
Deliver us from evil
We go with the flow
But here's a little secret
I think you ought to know
Providers and abusers
They know where to go
With Sunday refugees from Sunday TV shows
Downtown all of the way down
Downtown all of the way downtown
Let's sink imagination
Past your wildest wild
(all of the way downtown)
Go way below below below
Is it such a crime?
The uptown can't teach you how to live
They don't have the time
Coz where i'm gonna take you
Is a state of mine
Downtown all of the way down
Downtown all of the way downtown
Downtown all of the way down
Downtown all of the way downtown
You better learn to use your heart
You got to loose your money
You better use it all up
Coz you can't take it with you
When you're going down...
You'll never come home babe
You'll never come home baby
And you'll never be alone
All of the way downtown
All of the way...
Down
Down
Down
She's downtown Lies in the street
Been lying in the sheets
She's gone home Lies in the streets
Been lying in the bed Through her teeth
Stares at his sky Going bling Going blind
Step on corners Pick up puzzles
Eating all the grain
It was just a date in '80 now I can't remember the face
But I can still see the Still I see his of the and...
I'm a little bored and a little scared I come home
I look up to see all the noise I...
Can't remember now I can't remember how
She's seeing everyone Stares at her spreads that love around
And leaves
Can't even catch the face Don't think you can grab the face
So I left
She's downtown Lies in the sheets
Been lying in her sleep to his face
She's gone home Lies in the street
Been lying in the bed Through her teeth
Don't have to be so brave
i want to take you down to the side of the city
where the sun doesn't shine and the moon isn't pretty
the slow train crawls in the nights and the days
are as warm as the smoke and the heat haze
yes and neon here twenty-four hours of the day
and you're sure looking pretty when it's hitting on your face
looker on the corner take that dog for a donor
well she's only doing what her mother told her
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
i wanna take you right down
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
i wanna take you right down
i want to see a touch of evil in your eye
but all that i'm getting babe is sweetness and lies
i want to see something that i might desire
i want to take you down babe into the mire
deals going down no chance no masking
one thing's for sure never get what you're asking
they're coming with johnsons, they're coming with knives
they're robbing your boots when they give you a shoe shine
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
i wanna take you right down
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
i wanna take you right downtown
slow train down, babe, try twenty-nine
there's no looking back when there's no sense of time
'cause it's neon here twenty-four hours of the day
and you're sure looking pretty when it's hitting on your face
with a touch of evil in your eye
with a touch of evil in your eye
i want to take you down to the side of the city
i want to take you down to the blur of the city
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
i wanna take you right down
i...i wanna take you down
i wanna take you down
yes i wanna take you right down
i...i...i...i wanna take you
i...i...i...i wanna take you
Well I'm driving down a highway
Like so many times before
While listening to the music, loud and proud
I'm movin' on
Every time it's the same
I hear you callin' my name, my name
I've been away for too long
Can't wait to see you again
Oh, you know I miss you
Downtown, downtown
It's always the same
Downtown, downtown
I hear the sound of every heartbeat
When the night is comin' down, down
I know exactly the place
Where all my friends are goin' to be
It's easy to see
Every time it's the same
I know, you're callin' my name, my name
I've been away for too long
Can't wait to see you again
Oh, you know I miss you
Downtown, downtown
It's always the same
Downtown, downtown.... right!
One, two, three, four
Get to the heart
Baby, the heart of the city
Meet me in a fire fight
Of lusty boys in candlelight
Beat to the heart, baby, the heart of the city
Veins pop and cry for more
And lick it off the killing floor
(Downtown)
C'mon
D-d-downtown, c'mon
D-d-downtown, c'mon
D-d-downtown, c'mon
D-d-downtown, Akron
Move to the beat, baby, the beat of the city
Rubber glove me when you love me
Promise me protection
Dance to the heat, baby, the heat of the city
Glorify my oozing head
And raise me from the living dead
(Downtown)
C'mon
D-d-downtown, c'mon
D-d-downtown, c'mon
D-d-downtown, Akron
Downtown me, baby, strip me
Chop me, adopt me, bend me like a rubber dolly
Downtown me, demolition me
Raise me, appraise me, the portage hotel and me
Downtown me, with a lobotomy
Take me to the Cuyahoga valley and make a man of me
(Yea)
Get to the heart, baby, the heart of the city
Say you love it when you show it
Don't be sentimental
Move to the heart, baby, the heart of the city
This is where the future lies
Beneath the burning sulphur skies
(Downtown)
C'mon
D-d-downtown, c'mon
D-d-downtown, c'mon
D-d-downtown, c'mon
I wait for sundown on the fire escape
And watch the passing cars downstairs
I'm high above Korean groceries
A sublet castle in the air
It's down to cigarettes and rosaries
Christ, I wish someone would call me
Johnny Thunders on the radio
Ah but "you can't put your arms
Around a memory"
Maybe I could find a better way
But all I need is to feel connected now
Do you remember me
I sang that song you like
I sang that song for free
Now someone else sounds like me
As I make my way downtown
Downtown
Oh yeah
Downtown
See the old men on the Bowery
Take the night train to the stars
You can find me in the usual place
Inside the Temple Bar
I hear that Sally's got a gift for me
I hear she found it on St. Mark's
These days they all just talk like poetry
And shoot their mouths off shooting sparks
Maybe I could find a better way
But all I need now is to feel connected
Do you remember me
I sang that song you like
Way back in eighty-three
Number one
High as a kite
As I made my way downtown
Downtown
Oh yeah
Downtown
They've got paper cups for charity
Kools, pills and broken teeth, and dope
But I'll take another dry martini
And a chance on hope
And now someone else waits for me
And I got to get downtown
Downtown
Oh yeah
Downtown
I'm going way downtown
Oh yeah
I'm gonna see the man
I'm going way downtown
See the man
Going down yeah
I'm gonna see the man
Going downtown
Hot fever's burning
got a shiver down my spine
hard lovin' woman still goin' through my mind
blame on you, blame on me
if you're the apple the snake is what I'll be
And all is gettin' back
to where it once belonged yeah yeah
I've got my fingers burned
and I've just lost my soul on dirty devil rock
on dirty devil rock
Oh Lord have mercy
I can't stand it anymore
I dealt with the devil now he's knockin' on my door
I know you, you know me I am a sinner guess I'll always be
When you're alone
And life is making you lonely,
You can always go downtown
When you've got worries,
All the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go
Downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown, no finer place for sure,
Downtown, everything's waiting for you
(Downtown)
Don't hang around
And let your problems surround you
There are movie shows downtown
Maybe you know
Some little places to go to
Where they never close downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossanova
You'll be dancing with 'em, too, before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go
Downtown where all the lights are bright,
Downtown, waiting for you tonight,
Downtown, you're gonna be alright now
(Downtown downtown)
Downtown
(Downtown)
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along
So, maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares and go
Downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown, don't wait a minute more,
Downtown, everything's waiting for you
Downtown (downtown) downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown) downtown (downtown)
...so come downtown,
I wanna... so come downtown
My street is empty oh
No human miss me oh
All the... so come downtown
If there was a place downtown
That they talked about every day
Then I'd wanna move uptown
Tell the microphone he can't play
Tell the acid man we don't want to
Tell the microphone he can't play
Tell the acid man we don't want to
There's not a lot that you (you) can say
To make the microphone man go away
There's not a lot you can say
To make the microphone man go away
There isn't a lot you can say
I don't want to (I don't want to)
ooh ooooooooh ooh ooh
I don't want to (I don't want to)
ooh ooh ooooooooh ooh ooh
When you're alone
And life is making you lonely,
You can always go downtown
When you've got worries,
All the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
so go
Downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown, no finer place for sure
Downtown, everything's waiting for you
(Downtown)
Don't hang around
And let your problems surround you
There are movie shows downtown
Maybe you know
Some little places to go to
Where they never close downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with 'em too before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
so go
Downtown where all the lights are bright,
Downtown, waiting for you tonight
Downtown, you're gonna be alright now
(Downtown, downtown)
Downtown
(Downtown)
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand
you,
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along
So, maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
and go
Downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown, don't wait a minute more
Downtown, everything's waiting for you
Downtown (downtown) downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown) downtown (downtown)
When you're alone, and life is making you lonely
You can always go
Downtown
When you've got worries, all the noise and hurry
Seems to help, I know
Downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city,
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose? The lights are much brighter there...
You can forget all your troubles; forget all your cares, and go
Downtown -- things will be great when you're
Downtown -- you'll find a place for sure
Downtown -- everything's waiting for you
Downtown .... Downtown...
Don't hang around, and let your problems surround you,
There are movie shows
Downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close
Downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle Bossa Nova
You'll be dancing with 'em too before the night is over,
Happy again...
The lights are much brighter there,
You can forget all your troubles; forget all your cares, and go
Downtown -- where all the lights are bright
Downtown -- waiting for you tonight
Downtown -- you're gonna be all right now...
Downtown...Downtown...Downtown...
Downtown!
Downtown!
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you;
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along...
So maybe I'll see you there,
We can forget all our troubles; forget all our cares, and go
Downtown -- things will be great when you're
Downtown -- don't wait a minute more
Downtown -- everything's waiting for you...
Downtown...Downtown
Downtown...Downtown
Downtown...Downtown
Downtown...Downtown
Downtown...Downtown (fade)
When you're alone, and life is making you lonely
You can always go
Downtown
When you've got worries, all the noise and hurry
Seems to help, I know
Downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city,
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose? The lights are much brighter there...
You can forget all your troubles; forget all your cares, and go
Downtown -- things will be great when you're
Downtown -- you'll find a place for sure
Downtown -- everything's waiting for you
Downtown .... Downtown...
Don't hang around, and let your problems surround you,
There are movie shows
Downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close
Downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle Bossa Nova
You'll be dancing with 'em too before the night is over,
Happy again...
The lights are much brighter there,
You can forget all your troubles; forget all your cares, and go
Downtown -- where all the lights are bright
Downtown -- waiting for you tonight
Downtown -- you're gonna be all right now...
Downtown...Downtown...Downtown...
Downtown!
Downtown!
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you;
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along...
So maybe I'll see you there,
We can forget all our troubles; forget all our cares, and go
Downtown -- things will be great when you're
Downtown -- don't wait a minute more
Downtown -- everything's waiting for you...
Downtown...Downtown
Downtown...Downtown
Downtown...Downtown
Downtown...Downtown
Give me a reason 2 begin
I want 2 see u on the floor
No need to bring ur neon violin
I want 2 see u dance like never b4
Take a left 2 the freeway, we're going downtown
The weather is fine tonight, everbody get down
Come over little pretty kitty eye
Sing me that song u know
From panorama city bleach and dye
I want 2 hear u sing like u did b4
Take a left 2 the freeway, we're going downtown
The weather is fine tonight, everybody get down
I got my red backpack, strapped and in tact
"free til' august" baby gimme some slack
Anywhere is a 20minute ride, on and on in the sea of feedback
Take the viper rollercoaster ride it twice
I felt my breakfast playing basketball
Drive into a late night diner order fries
We gotta kick it for a little bit more
I'm so glad that you can come tonight
Get on the floor and make everything alright
A satanic dimension.
Religious groups promise redemption in a new and different world.
They tear you away from your family and friends and destroy your soul.
There's no reason not to believe in yourself.
So long ago, I think it's so far way,
So many dreams gone by, but still on my way
In different worlds I've been,
Searched through different times
Another perfect day I know, again I'll try,
This time, I'll have no mercy,
Don't care who you are,
I'll praise the lord
I hold my head up to a burning star
In fantasies my life makes it hard to complain
The demon and the holy ghost
Teach me how to learn.
If I see you next to never
Day after day
How can we stay together?
If you turn me away
Demons walk over glass from a thousand mirrors
I saw my reflection stare me down
Underground, there you'll find
That your faith is your fear
Dream to fly, reason why
Now we know it's why we're here
Welcome to the third demonsion, now here I am,
The innocent are trapped inside
Others far away in a land
So litte hope remains alive
I only pray the dreams I leave you will survive
I see you now or never
Day after day
The tears are gone forever,
we're going downtown
woooooooooooooooooooow
is the temperature hot enough for you tonight
is it making your dreams suggest things you cant fight
if you call me 1 time, 2 time, anytime that you want
got a certain sure fire remedy to get you out
so take my hand and rock with me
to the sweetest symphony
your body pleads to feel the way it feels
just trust me more than any heart you saw
I'll give you all the love your waiting for
now baby if you dance my way downtown
little skin of skin sure can be found
maybe you are all alone cant do it on your own
I'll show you heaven at the speed of sound
now baby if you .come, come on, come on, come on downtown
come, come on, come on downtown
is the temperature hot enough for you to play
is it making your dreams suggest things you cant say
if you'd ask me 1 time, 2 time anytime that you like
got the perfect way to eleviate your stress tonight
so take my hand and rock with me
to the sweetest symphony
your body pleads to feel the way it feels
just trust me more than any heart you saw
I'll give you all the love your waiting for
now baby if you dance my way downtown
little skin of skin sure can be found
maybe you are all alone cant do it on your own
I'll show you heaven at the speed of sound
now baby if you dance that way downtown
little skin of skin sure can be found
maybe you are all alone cant do it on your own
I'll show you heaven at the speed of sound
now baby if you .come, come on, come on, come on downtown
come, come on, come on downtown
come, come on, come on, come on downtown
come, come on, come on downtown
come, come on, come on, come on downtown
so take my hand and rock with me
to the sweetest symphony
your body cleans to feel the way it feels
just trust me more than any heart you saw
I'll give you all the love your waiting for
now baby if you dance that way downtown
little skin of skin sure can be found
maybe you are all alone cant do it on your own
if you're gonna get up, you might as well get up with me
if you're going downtown, I might as well be on your way
and I sit all night, I sit still all night
I won't tell one soul, I won't tell one soul
I just can't get it straight you see and oh well
that distraction inside of me, oh well
I just can't get it straight you see and oh well
is fine by you, I am fine by you
I won't tell one soul, I won't tell one soul
if you're going downtown, take me with you
I don't care if I'm gonna get up, I'll just admit it
I only get up for you if I'm going to get up
I'll just admit it I only get up for you
and I sit all night, I sit still all night
I won't tell one soul, I won't tell one soul
I am a citizen, a friend and a neighbor
(Towing the line, towing the line)
I'm always keeping on my best behaviour
(Towing the line, towing the line)
I like to think I like to try to, try to do what's right
But still I get this feeling that I can't deny
I tell myself I'm better than the average lot
But I'm not
I know it
And I'm about to show it
(Chorus)
So take me downtown on a company dime
Punch me in the arm, make sure I'm alive
I need a weekend
Gotta kick out the dust
Get my motor running 'cause it's starting to rust
Shake it off, turn me on, turn me on
I've been down on the ground for too long
So take me downtown
Take me downtown, down, down, down
I'm a professional, the family is stable
(Towing the line, towing the line)
We join hands for the prayer at the table
(Towing the line, towing the line)
I like to think I try to, try to do what's right
I go rolling in the dirt, but I clean up nice
I tell myself I'm better than the average lot
But I'm not
I know it
And I'm about to show it
(Chorus)
I wanna feel, to feel so far away
I wanna feel, to feel so far away
To feel so far away
I wanna feel
[Coko]
Boy, I want you to listen closely to what I have to say
'Cause this is the way to my heart
(Verse 1)
You've been wondering how you can make it better
Baby, it's easy to turn my world inside out
Your discovery will take us to another place
Baby, on that, there is no doubt
I've been waiting for the special moment
Anticipating all the things you'll do to me
Make the first step to release my emotions
To take the road to ecstacy
(Chorus)
You gotta go downtown
That's the way to my love
Take it round and round
Oooh, you can't stop 'til you find my love
Go downtown, To taste the sweetness
Will be enough
That's the love that you've been dreaming of
(Verse 2)
Keep on doing, doing what you're doing
'Til you feel the passion burning up inside of me
If you do me right
We'll be making love all through the night
Until you uncover the mystery
Take it nice and slow
Baby, don't rush the feeling
Now you know how you can make it happen, yeah
My desire is begging for the healing
Let me guide you down to the place to be
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
That's where I keep the key to my love.
(To my love)
It opens up the door to so, so much more.
(So, so, so much more)
Baby, move on down, get closer
To my sensitivity.
Ooh, yeah
Baby, send me.
(Repeat 4x)
Downtown
(Ooh you can't stop till you find my love)
Baby don't you dare stop
(That's the love that you been dreamin' of)
That's the love you're dreamin of
(Ooh you can't stop till you find my love)
Don't you stop
(That's the love that you've been dreamin' of)
That's the love you're dreamin of
Chorus & Ad-lib Until Fade
we were walkin downtown
my favorite part of town
[walking downtown]
we were walkin downtown
my favorite part of town
[walking downtown]
through the night
we were waiting
for a sign
maybe rendered in the darkened sky
drawn by
imaginary lines
connectig radiant points of light
[please don't go]
'cause you showed up
with your hair down
i might not sleep tonight
we were walkin downtown
my favorite part of town
[walking downtown]
we were walkin downtown
my favorite part of town
[walking downtown]
lift your gaze
from the pavement
from the streets
that we've crossed a thousand times before
dry your eyes
there are birds singing on lamp posts
they don't know what all your crying's for
[please don't go]
and i'm sure
that i've not seen
the christmas lights this bright before
we were walking downtown
my favorite part of town
Time will prove
I am not like you
ten big bags of pain
that's all I got from you
I never pay my rent
that's what I learned to do
tv is not working today
call me when it gets blue
Love aches!
I need you just to tell me what to do! (it aches!)
I can't stand the pain
you really need another flashback!
If I knew
what you were gonna do...
ten big bags of pain
that's all I got from you
I never call my friends
that's what I learned to do
tv is not working today
call me when it gets blue
love aches!
I need you just to tell me what to do! (it aches!)
I can't stand the pain
you really need another flashback!
Could you close the door
my heart is frozen
I just got it new
they told me to keep it covered
I didn't know that you were aware
but I told you twice
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Show you my thing, show you my thing
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Show you my thing, show you my thing
Go down, go down, go down, go downtown
Go down, go down, go down, go down
Your face never saw the sites, the bright lights
The walls that always invite
Get it right, no fight
You'll be there up all night
I'll give you a bus ride, a park slide
A high rise full of surprises
A smooth path, follow track
All the way to my flat
Come with me, come with me
Come with me, come with me there
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Show you my thing, show you my thing
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Show you my thing, show you my thing
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Went to your area and I thought I would bury ya
Touched a monolith and it caused a hysteria
You keep on pinin' for me to go dinin'
I had me a meal and that keep me belly from whinin'
Come with me, come with me
Come with me, come with me there
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Show you my thing, show you my thing
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Show you my thing, show you my thing
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Go down, go down, go down, go downtown
Go down, go down, go down, go downtown
Go down, go down, go down, go downtown
Go down, go down, go down, go downtown
Caves for bravin', go down
Flags for wavin', go down
Clubs for ravin', go down
Roads for pavin', downtown
Rivers for sailin', go down
Stores unveilin', go down
Walls for scalin', go down
Temples for wailin'
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Show you my thing, show you my thing
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Show you my thing, show you my thing
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Show you my thing, show you my thing
'Cause I wanna take you downtown
Show you my thing, show you my thing
Baby since you went away,
Things they haven't gone my way
My dog just died and my car did too,
I just got fired and the rent is due.
You broke my heart so now I have to kill you,
I'll go downtown, and buy a gun, and that's what I'll do
You broke my heart so now I have to kill you,
I'll go downtown, and buy a gun, and that's what i'll do
You put my stuff out on the lawn
My records melted in the sun
You broke my heart and you broke my nose.
You killed my cat and you burnt my clothes
So I'll go downtown and I'll buy me a gun
Walk around and have some fun
Smokin' crack and crackin' jokes
Shootin' junk and shootin' folks
You lost my money at the track
Found out you gave me the clap
Your daddy's gonna litigate
'cause you're sixteen and I'm twenty-eight
You broke my heart so now I have to kill you,
I'll go downtown, and buy a gun, and that's what I'll do
You broke my heart so now I have to kill you,
I'll go downtown, and buy a gun, and that's what i'll do
You drank my beer and did my drugs,
Infested my whole house with bugs
You gave my leather to another guy
I've got a gun and now you're gonna die
You broke my heart so now I have to kill you,
I'll go downtown, and buy a gun, and that's what I'll do
You broke my heart so now I have to kill you,
I've been out all night
Think I got in a fight
There's a hole in my arm
My bitch is alarmed
I was at the bar
Where I'm a superstar
Livin' on free drinks
Hey man, your band stinks
That's the way we live
Downtown
Our feet never hit the
Ground, ground
Ground, ground, yeah
'Cause I hate my mother
I hate the world
I told my father
Some more bull
I hate the system
And I break the law
But I'm at home
When I'm downtown
Yeah, down
It's Saturday night
My boys are wound up tight
Slip on a skin
Put the sucker in
Five minutes to go
You got a Marlboro
Bust in some joint
Maybe, find some points
That's the way we live
Downtown
Our feet never hit the
Ground, ground
Ground, ground, yeah
'Cause I hate my mother
I hate the world
I told my father
Some more bull
I hate the system
And I break the law
But I'm at home
When I'm downtown, yeah
I came, I conquered
Escaped the slaughter
I live undaunted
Let me take you with me
I think you'll dig the scene
'Cause, ya hate your mother
Ya hate the world
Ya told your father
Some more bull
Ya hate the system
And break the law
But you'll be at home
Come on downtown
That's the way we live
Downtown
I'll be seeing you
Downtown, downtown
Downtown, downtown
If you're gonna get up, you might as well get up with me
If you're going downtown, I might as well be on your way
And I sit all night, I sit still all night
I won't tell one soul, I won't tell one soul
I just can't get it straight you see and oh well
That distraction inside of me, oh well
I just can't get it straight you see and oh well
Is fine by you, I am fine by you
I won't tell one soul, I won't tell one soul
If you're going downtown, take me with you
I don't care if I'm gonna get up, I'll just admit it
I only get up for you if I'm going to get up
I'll just admit it I only get up for you
And I sit all night, I sit still all night
I won't tell one soul, I won't tell one soul
Summer snapped in half
and half flippin' coffee creamers.
Twenty times, that's a good sign,
like a four-leaf clover.
Downtown
was filled with the sounds
of the full and the part time losers.
And when we stepped up to the bar,
you asked for a cigarette and
and the years just melted away right then
And I saw all the ways that we've changed
and the decisions that we made.
And I wasn't hurt or afraid.
Some skin holds night in.
Some gifts go unrequited.
I dreamed I was holding my breath.
Go down again
till I'm breathing in water and
breaking like the day,
If you want to get in touch with me
If you want to chance the US mail
I can show you things you've never seen
I can tell you girl it never fails
Let me take you
Where a million (can't deciper?) will chime for you
And the music flashes through the air
There is nowhere else for us to be
Come on baby let me take you there
Let me take you around
Get your feet off the ground
No way we won't be found
Yeah, let me take you Downtown
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
I can hear my heart beat faster now
I can feel yours too babe
Take my hand and I will show you
Do anything you want to do
Let me take you
We can stay out till the morning light
Out in the street. out in the night
I got a pocket full of money
And it's bound to be alright
Let me take you around
Get your feet off the ground
No way, we can't be found
Yeah, let me take you Downtown
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
We'll take your Daddy's car
Drive it into town
Put on your best dress girl
I said come on out
Come on babe
Come on out, come on
I'm gonna take you
I can hear my heart beat faster now
I can feel yours too babe
Take my hand and I will show you
Do anything you want to do
Let me take you around
Get your feet off the ground
No way, we won't be found
Yeah, come on I'll take you Downtown
Come on, come on
I'm gonna take you around
Get your feet off the ground
I'm gonna take you..
Downtown
Baby gonna
Down, down
Down, down
Down, down
Down,down
If you want to get in touch with me
If you want to chance the US mail
I can show you things you've never seen
I can tell you girl it never fails
Let me take you
Where a million (can't deciper?) will chime for you
And the music flashes through the air
There is nowhere else for us to be
Come on baby let me take you there
Let me take you around
Get your feet off the ground
No way we won't be found
Yeah, let me take you Downtown
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
I can hear my heart beat faster now
I can feel yours too babe
Take my hand and I will show you
Do anything you want to do
Let me take you
We can stay out till the morning light
Out in the street. out in the night
I got a pocket full of money
And it's bound to be alright
Let me take you around
Get your feet off the ground
No way, we can't be found
Yeah, let me take you Downtown
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
We'll take your Daddy's car
Drive it into town
Put on your best dress girl
I said come on out
Come on babe
Come on out, come on
I'm gonna take you
I can hear my heart beat faster now
I can feel yours too babe
Take my hand and I will show you
Do anything you want to do
Let me take you around
Get your feet off the ground
No way, we won't be found
Yeah, come on I'll take you Downtown
Come on, come on
I'm gonna take you around
Get your feet off the ground
I'm gonna take you..
Downtown
Baby gonna
Down, down
Down, down
Down, down
Down,down
Boy, I want you to listen closely to what I have to say
'Cause this is the way to my heart
You've been wondering how you can make it better
Baby, it's easy to turn my world inside out
Your discovery will take us to another place
Baby, on that, there is no doubt
I've been waiting for the special moment
Anticipating all the things you'll do to me
Make the first step to release my emotions
To take the road to ecstacy
You gotta go downtown
That's the way to my love
Take it round and round
Oooh, you can't stop 'til you find my love
Go downtown, To taste the sweetness
Will be enough
That's the love that you've been dreaming of
Keep on doing, doing what you're doing
'Til you feel the passion burning up inside of me
If you do me right
We'll be making love all through the night
Until you uncover the mystery
Take it nice and slow
Baby, don't rush the feeling
Now you know how you can make it happen, yeah
My desire is begging for the healing
Let me guide you down to the place to be
That's where I keep the key to my love.
(To my love)
It opens up the door to so, so much more.
(So, so, so much more)
Baby, move on down, get closer
To my sensitivity.
Ooh, yeah
Baby, send me.
Downtown
(Ooh you can't stop till you find my love)
Baby don't you dare stop
(That's the love that you been dreamin' of)
That's the love you're dreamin of
(Ooh you can't stop till you find my love)
Don't you stop
(That's the love that you've been dreamin' of)
Spoken (Lingerie)
What's going on ladies
I wanna welcome you to the Lingerie show
Giving some of that thug love (ha ha)
Lets get it
Verse 1
Bring your sexy body over here babe
You got a smile like Kool-Aide
Give me some of that sugar
Girl you got that good stuff
I got the Lingerie
Now we can head back to my place
And we can get it on by the fireplace
I got an explicit check list
With your name on it
This is what you get babe
Chorus
Raw uncut good loving
Straight out the streets
Going downtown thug love
Oh girl I'm going down I'm going down down
Girl i'm wanna give you that
Raw uncut good lovin
Straight out the streets
Going downtown thug love
Oh girl I'm going down I'm going down down
Word up
Verse 2
When you got a man like me
Ain't no need for another brother
But a thug like me
You don't take home to meet your mother (no, no, no)
I hustle hard in these streets
Cause I gotta get that paper
Working even harder in the bedroom
I'm your slave love maker baby
Chorus (repeat)
Bridge
I put it down
I do my thang (Oh I do my thang)
I put it down (Oh I put it down)
Don't play no games
I put it down (Oh I put it down)
I do my thang (Oh I do my thang)
I put it down (Oh I put it down)
Don't play no games
Chorus (repeat)
Spoken
Word up ha ha
Thank you Thank you
Thank you very much
I just wanna make sure you come back
Yea that's right
Yea thank you for coming baby
(Mark Stuart, Stacey Earle)
Grow up downtown
Grew up wise
Know it well
Lived there all your life
Know it like
Your own backyard
Never have to leave
To get that far
Her warm glow surrounds
Cradling her town
Holding her upright
Up come the lights
Head up Broad
Be on time
You can almost taste it
A real good find
Walk right into
A brand New Year
Horns a blowin'
Music to your ear
She will never sleep
In earning all her keep
Oh but when she truly shines
Up come the lights
Every day she's brings them in
Then sends them back
Those who stay, end of day
Give her back her&
Downtown, late at night
Downtown, moves just right
Downtown, where lovers go
Downtown, finding true hearts with soul
While city folk lie fast asleep
A lonesome one still walks the streets
But that's when it all goes down
Up come the lights
When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go - downtown
When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know - downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalks where neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown - no finer place, for sure
Downtown - Everything's waiting for you
Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows - downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close - downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with him too before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown - waiting for you tonight
Downtown - you're gonna be all right now
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown - don't wait a minute more
Downtown - everything's waiting for you
I go down to the city
even when the rain falls down [x4]
I don't care if it's a
boy or girl you're after
I don't care if it's a
record label deal
I don't care if it's a
nuclear reaction
I don't care if it's all
above the new
I go down to the city
even when the rain falls down [x4]
You can take your picket fence and
shove it up your ass
You can take that dream
of old money coming
Cuz I know a place
that's real
maybe not the people
but the way I feel
Downtown! Here we go!
Downtown! Here we go!
I go to the city
Nothing else to do
Forget about my worries
Maybe you should too
Downtown! Here we go!
Downtown! Here we go!
I go down to the city
Babe, it seems like so long
Since you heard your favorite song playing downtown, playing downtown
And, oh, it seems like awhile
Since the country's been in style, so now I'm downtown, now I'm downtown.
I never really understood why I'm here in the city
You're in them fields, walking around
I've been seeing too much trouble here and not enough you.
I've been standing here for days
Looking for some kinda change, but I've had no luck to speak of
Take a trip out of the heart
Where the trains and troubles start, if you're downtown, if you're downtown
I never really understood why I'm here in the city
You're in them fields, walking around
I've been seeing too much trouble here and not enough of you
I've been seeing too much trouble here and not enough of you
Babe, it seems like so long (Babe, it seems like so long) x4
Now that I'm feeling downtown
Like never before
Now that I'm folding my fingers
Ready for war
The painted face of disaster
I search for more
I light another cigarette
Swallow the poison glossy eyed
Dressed in fire with empty words
It came as no surprise
The people conversating
Beyond all will to listen
The people will stand in lines
With great high walls between them
Coal black hair china white doll skull
With amber slit eyes
Bittersweet with a razor tongue
See through polished lies
The dim light is bathing you blood red
Adrenalin shock
I light another cigarette
Swallow the poison glossy eyed
Dressed in fire with empty words
It came as no surprise
The people conversating
Beyond all will to listen
The people will stand in lines
With great high walls between them
Looking through star dust illusions with faraway eyes
Pretending they know and understand
See through the disguise
I light another cigarette
Swallow the poison glossy eyed
Dressed in fire with empty words
It came as no surprise
The people conversating
Beyond all will to listen
The people will stand in lines
With A turn-around
If you wanna dance on the ceiling
If you wanna shake your money-maker now
If you wanna leave through the back door
Feeling fine but just can’t take it anymore
If you wanna leave I’m downtown
If you don’t like sleaze I’m downtown
Tell me what you need I’m downtown
And everything will be ok hey hey!!!
If you wanna breathe in the background
If you wanna wait and see what’s goin’ down
If you wanna soak in the sunshine
Call a cab and come and see me anytime
If you wanna leave I’m downtown
If you don’t like sleaze I’m downtown
Tell me what you need I’m downtown
And everything will be ok hey hey!!!
If you wanna go crazy
If you’re dying to please
If you’re low down and dirrrrty
Then come and get some of me…
If you wanna leave I’m downtown
If you don’t like sleaze I’m downtown
Tell me what you need I’m downtown
And everything will be ok
If you wanna leave I’m downtown
If you don’t like sleaze I’m downtown
Tell me what you need I’m downtown
And everything will be ok hey hey!!!
When I sing my brother,
living on the boulevard of broken dreams
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
here comes the sinister girl,
selling her body for so damn cheap.
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
But when I see a bad mama comming down the street,
I know there ain't no playing around, on the boulevard
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Situation is ugly, staying on the front street upto the jumpstreet
finaly get by on this boulevard
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
People running 9 to 5, you know we've all worked hard,
Tryna get by on this boulevard
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Everybody's getting burned, tryna make his week
You know there ain't no place around like the boulevard
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Clubpipes and cops flashing the night lights, gun fights,
both fights under the city lights.
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
I see a mannequin in a cadillac, running like maniac
on the fast raft to ...
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
But when I see a bad mama going down the street
you know they're ain't no playing around on the boulevard
Downtown, downtown, oh yeah
Is your situation working out?
Well, I heard your playstation would let you down
So come downtown, hangin' around, alright
Did you disappoint the chairman of the board?
And now your day's getting longer than they did before?
You should come downtown, hangin' around, alright
'Cause there is always room for one more
All together now, yeah
We know you've been such a good boy
But now the day is done
So are you waiting to get older to have a little fun?
You should come downtown, hangin' around, alright
Do you think that it would kill you to take a holiday?
Oh yeah, make a call, tell a lie
Whatever it takes to get to
Downtown, hangin' around, alright, alright, yeah
There is always room for one more
All together now
Forget about the boss and the boss committee
Everyone you know is comin' down the city now
Why you wanna sit out until the weekend?
The gang's all here, there's only one that's missing now
Yeah, yeah
There is always room for one more
All together now, oh yeah, to get to
Downtown, hangin' around, alright
Downtown, hangin' around, alright
Downtown, hangin' around, alright
Wanna come downtown, hangin' around, alright
Alright, alright
Downtown, hangin' around, alright
Downtown, hangin' around, alright
Downtown, hangin' around, alright
Five years old with a smile on my face
Mommas in the kitchen
Daddys playin' bass downtown
Downtown
Dad walks in says Sherry my girl we need to talk
Remember that night with John boy
Well you know I saw it all and I was scared for the first time
Well then one thing led to another and left my mom down on the floor
Dad said once you had everything but you chose to be a whore
So we're gone, gone to the next town
Oh my friends we were gone just like that
Well it's been seventeen years since I've seen my mom
Five years for my dad and I hear he's tryin' to get a job downtown yet again
If it weren't for my grandad I wouldn't be standin here today
All the years he spent pushin me sayin boy go on and do your thing downtown
Make me proud son
Oh and here I am I'm playin downtown
Five years old with a smile on my face
Mommas in the kitchen
when i’m standing close
to the clouds at fear and doubt
i reach out my hand
to the love that pulls me out
i hop in my car that takes me down the road
that leads me straight into my Father’s arms
when i’m flying deep
into the clouds of fear and doubt
i speak loud Your name
in the midst of my defeat
i run to my car and travel down the road
that leads me straight into my Father’s arms
i go driving downtown
sitting close to fate
i go driving downtown
where i find Your grace
i go driving downtown
when i’m falling back
through a past of fear and doubt
i reach hard for truth
underneath this inbetween
i look for Your lead and follow down the road
that leads me closer to my Father’s arms
when i’m flying close
into the clouds of fear and doubt
i reach hard far truth
in the midst of my defeat
i run to my car that takes me down the road
of grace and freedom in my Father’s arms
in the middle of our human condition
is the emerald city of our saving provision
and we wrestle and struggle
till we can hardly stand
and we drive downtown into that praying land
but what we want most is home
[Krazy talking]
Niggas put your rags on y'all motherfucking heads
Ain't even gone motherfucking go on the dance floor
If you ain't full of this fucking hennessy, or if you've been puffing weed
Cause you know where I'm from nigga now
[Chorus: Suga Bear (Krazy)]
Downtown, (I Reveal nigga)
Downtown, (Florida nigga)
Downtown, (Walter Feet niggas)
Downtown, (Desire niggas)
Downtown, (St. Bernard niggas)
Downtown, (7th Ward niggas)
Downtown, (6th Ward niggas)
Downtown, (8th Ward niggas)
[Krazy]
I bust holes through you fake niggas bitching well
Alias hardhead, executioner still
R.I.P. Warren Mayes, alias Stone
I am here to represent you, your name live on
With my chopper in my hand, I'm a fool fo sho
I'll bust at any motherfucker you know
Bare with me cause sometimes, I get weak
When I was young all the good kids called me a freak
I see nothing but dead people when I open my eyes
Last night, me and Michael barely took a ride
Niggas thought that I was playing, when I told my town
Timmy saw the body burning across the canal, now
[Chorus]
Downtown, (St. Rock niggas)
Downtown, (Macy Gland niggas)
Downtown, (Desire Glory niggas)
Downtown, (I.R.C. Quarter niggas)
Downtown, (The Mishou niggas)
Downtown, (even my Bank Street niggas)
Downtown, (the Downtown niggas)
Downtown, (nigga we pull triggers)
[Krazy]
My nigga Lips told me to tell D-dry he miss her
And she been trying everyday since he died to kiss her
And my nigga Chucky wants the project when it dark
Leave the cell still receiving mail, round cloak
Nothing but the thug niggas, run our streets
From the Desire Florida, to the wild of wheats
To my thugs from the darkside, the Westbank
I got love for the Fisher cause y'all love the tank
My nigga Nardo, done posted my bail
He get a mill off top, from my album sale
To my 7th Ward hardheads, nigga keep it real
I'll see you soon as C.L. sign that deal
[Chorus]
Downtown, (my I Reveal niggas)
Downtown, (my Florida niggas)
Downtown, (my Walter Feet niggas)
Downtown, (my Desire niggas)
Downtown, (my St. Bernard niggas)
Downtown, (my 7th Ward niggas)
Downtown, (my Westbank niggas)
Downtown, (my 5th Ward niggas)
[Krazy]
I'm from downtown like Murder Fiend, but I'm the king
Let this whole fucking chopper ring when I do my thing
Downtown hoes wobble wobble, take it easy
5th Ward Weebie got them hoes up the heezy
But me I still bust quickly, if you freak me
I be there for you baby just beep me
Want to keep me, you got to be able to rock the bed
Hold up let me tell you the most important thing, I love some head
Creeping out the St. Bernard, from busting enough
Yeah I like her so a lot, but I know she a slut
These niggas think I'm going nuts when I bust with a glock
Tell them I'm from downtown, and I possessed my part, now
[Chorus]
Downtown, (what, you bitches want to war)
Downtown, (we put rounds in your car)
Downtown, (you niggas ain't ready to fuck with us)
Downtown, (cause it's a must that we bust)
Downtown, (I don't give a fuck about none of you bitch niggas)
Downtown, (cause my niggas pull triggers)
Downtown, (cause my niggas tote choppers)
Downtown, (even the motherfucking feds can't stop us)
[Krazy talking]
Hold up nigga, don't get it twisted
I am downtown, and I represent that shit forever nigga
My alias doc holiday, I'm eternal nigga, I burn nigga
Like the rest of you niggas, we loaded, getting high nigga
Drinking hennessy, till we fucking die nigga
I'ma hallucinate right now, I can't see nothing but dead people
I'm a motherfucking downtown nigga, I don't give a fuck nigga
I rule the world nigga, breather motherfucking life nigga
It's No Limit, that was the worst thing you motherfucking haters could do nigga
Talk shit about me nigga, now I signed with No Limit
And I blow this motherfucker up nigga, I elevate to my fullest
Babe, it seems like so long
Since you heard your favorite song playing downtown, playing downtown
And, oh, it seems like awhile
Since the country's been in style, so now I'm downtown, now I'm downtown.
I never really understood why I'm here in the city
You're in them fields, walking around
I've been seeing too much trouble here and not enough you.
I've been standing here for days
Looking for some kinda change, but I've had no luck to speak of
Take a trip out of the heart
Where the trains and troubles start, if you're downtown, if you're downtown
I never really understood why I'm here in the city
You're in them fields, walking around
I've been seeing too much trouble here and not enough of you
I've been seeing too much trouble here and not enough of you
Babe, it seems like so long (Babe, it seems like so long) x4
See I got me a cab by the side of the road
Then I'm new in town, where should I go
Downtown is the place to speak
The music's gon' be playing till quarter to three
When you'll see people hanging around
You'll see who put the down in downtown
Ain't no need to worry
They gonna play it down and dirty
My friends all told me about this band they had seen
At this little old place down in New Orleans
You gotta go downtown by the riverside
The joy's gonna be jumping out to about quarter to five
Well, you'll see people hanging around
You'll see who put the down in downtown
There's no need to worry, baby, no, no, no
Play it down and dirty
When you'll see people hanging around
You'll see who put the down in downtown
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, no, no, no
Red Pants and the Sugarman in the Temple Street gloom
Drinkin' Chivas Regal in a four dollar room
Just another dead soldier(2) in a powder blue night(3)
Sugarman says baby, everything's alright
Goin' downtown(4), down downtown
Goin' down downtown
Montclaire de Havelin(5) doin' the St. Vitus dance(6)
Lookin' for someone to chop the lumber in his pants
How am I gonna unload all of this ice and all this mink
All the traffic in the street, but it's so hard to think
Goin' downtown, down downtown
Goin' down downtown
Frankie's wearin' lipstick, Pierre Cardin(7)
I swear to God I seen him holdin' hands with Jimmy Bond(8)
Sally's high on crank(9) and hungry for some sweets
Fem in the sheets but she's butch in the streets
Goin' downtown, down downtown
Goin' down downtown
It's the cool of the evening, the sun's goin' down
I want to hold you in my arms, I want to push you around
I wanna break your bottle and spill out all your charms
Come on baby, we'll set off all the burglar alarms
Goin' downtown, down downtown
Goin' down downtown
Red Pants and the Sugarman in the Temple Street gloom
Are drinkin' Chivas Regal in a four dollar room
Just another dead soldier in a powder blue night
Red Pants says to Sugarman, said everything's alright
Goin' downtown, down downtown
Come on with me to the centre of my dreams
Listen to the feeling of your soul
Just forget about the hard times left behind
And think of where you really wanna go
Let me show you where you wanna be
Let me show you where you can be free
Let me take you to the place I know
Let me take you with me come, let's go
Come down town
In the city there's a lot of fun
Down down town (whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa)
Come down town
Let's go ahead don't turn around
Down down town (whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa)
Think of all the times when you were down and out
Had no money and no place to go
Think of all the times when you were on your own
No one seemed to care no friends, no love
Let me show you where you wanna be
Let me show you where you can be free
Let me take you to the place I know
Let me take you with me come, let's go
Come down town
In the city there's a lot of fun
Down down town (whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa)
Come down town
Let's go ahead don't turn around
Down down town (whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa)
I will take all of the shadows right away
Into Soho and a brighter day
Loosen up (oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo)
We can live a life of happiness in style
piano solo
Come downtown
Down downtown (whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa)
Come downtown
Down downtown (whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa)
Come downtown
Down downtown (whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa-oo-whoa)
(FADE:)
Come downtown
Submitted by Michael Hack
We split our eyelids just to break downtown
Our souls run thinner as we walk the ground
Another year has come to pass us by
We can't fail if we never try
There's something about the way that it drags me on down, downtown
I'm trying to get free in the clouds
Stopped on Nicollet and talked to God
She stole my money, but she gave me love
A cover charge in Heaven makes one think
That Purgatory serves a stronger drink
There's something about the way that she drags me on down, downtown
I'm trying to get free in the clouds
Come take a bow, I'll show you how
We're young and we're free, the possible is everything
I would jump if you would jump with me
Oh those pretty machines, they'll sing you a song for anything
It's just something that keeps dragging me down down down downtown
But I'm getting free in the clouds
In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life
Such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for
That a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all,
By dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds.
Simplify, simplify. [Henry David Thoreau]
I'm free and floating down endlessly
I'm free like you from my memory
Please come and kiss on the pavement with me
When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you
can always go Downtown.
When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry
seems to help I know.
Downtown.
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city.
Linger on the sidewalks where the neon signs are
pretty.
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there, you can forget all
your troubles, forget all
your cares.
So go Downtown, things will be great when you're
Downtown, No finer place for sure,
Downtown, Everything's waiting for you.
Don't hang around and let your problems surround you,
there are movie shows
Downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to where they
never close. Downtown.
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle Bossa Nova.
You'll be dancing with 'em too before the night is
over.
Happy again.
The lights are much brighter there, you can forget all
your troubles, forget all
your cares.
So go Downtown, where all the lights are bright.
Downtown, waiting for you tonight.
Downtown, you're gonna be alright now.
Instrumental
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand
you.
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along.
So maybe I'll see you there, we can forget all our
troubles, forget all our cares.
Downtown, things will be great when you're
Downtown, don't wait a minute more.
Downtown, everything's ready for you.
Downtown, things will be great when you're
Downtown, don't wait a minute more.
Forgetting about yesterday
Gonna blow it all away
Gonna let things lie
Got nothing to hide
Everyone is waiting
Waiting for you
Don't you know tonight we gonna let it go
So get your groove on and get down
Get down
We're rocking downtown
Yeah
Get down
No one can hold us down
Yeah
Get down
Get down
We're rocking downtown
Yeah
Get down
No one can hold us down
Yeah
[x2]
Get down
When I see the city lights
I feel a way I can't describe
Feel the love in my veins
Do you feel the same?
Everyone is waiting
Waiting for you
Don't you know tonight we gonna let it go
So get your groove on and get down
Get down
We're rocking downtown
Yeah
Get down
No one can hold us down
Yeah
Get down
Get down
We're rocking downtown
Yeah
Get down
No one can hold us down
Yeah
[INTRO]
So, what you saying god? What you saying?
Downtown, anyways
[Mikey Styles]
See I was chilling downtown with my whole case crew
Stopped at the S.A.Q., got me Bacardi blue
Bumping new tapes by Godfather D and crew
These radicals them cock blocking
Claiming they finish you
Saying that our status ain't true (ain't true)
They thinking we booty just like they whole crew
I see them looking
Can't stand us looking here different
They wanna, shave my Haitian culture
'Cause they think they better
I mastered your art form to be a hardcore composer
Easy while to roll it when my blunts are all over
I'm just like you but might not share the same vision
I swear, stay out my way son
Or get a concussion
From a gunclap situation
My ave step through like a ???
You know the ones who got defeated by the rude bwoy
Now you're paranoia from the dime sack we sold ya
[CHORUS: Mikey Styles]
Chilling downtown with my whole crew
Just chilling downtown with my whole crew
Chilling downtown with my whole crew
Sipping Henny, puffing dutches getting bent
You know how we do
Chilling downtown with my whole crew
Just chilling downtown with my whole crew
Chilling downtown with my whole crew
Sipping Henny, puffing dutches getting bent
You know how we do
[Mikey Styles]
I kick the politics about the devil's tricks
We bne the airbrush that click, represent in your mix
So for them Jordan kicks got me out here throwing sticks
Out for the gusto, cream, mo platnium thangs
Mo fat rings and pick these ghetto celeb swings
See a Lex so fly, Camero just stop by
Peep these rap niggas getting all up in ya goods, right
I know I'm a star, bottom line
Seek what I'm talking about
Montreal, vacate to NYC
Came back around, jealous ones still envy
New jewelery, Aire Nike, kind of flashy
Hit Del-Ray on Saturday the fly way
Shorty and mack daddy's coming your way
Sipping Marnya(sp?)
Baby girl, don't front I'm just crazy
You know what I'm saying
Es ist vorbei, wir sind wieder dabei
Ein betörender Duft holt uns aus der Gruft
Aus allen Höhlen kriechen die Tölen
Mit dem Maul voller Schaum - nichts wie ran an den Baum
High-high, wir sind so frei
Wir machen l'amour ab jetzt rund um die Uhr
Enorme Dekolletees und Heldenbrust-Toupees
Alle am Start und jeder paart sich auf seine Art
Downtown Downtown
Brennen lüstern die Pupillen hinter sündhaft teuren Brillen
Downtown gibt's die heißesten Frau'n
Und die fettesten Ratten mit den grellsten Krawatten
Es geht uns gut, saugut
Auf Kälte und Frust haben wir keine Lust mehr
Was soll die blöde Frage, man sieht doch die Lage
Der Nation ist nun mal horizontal, wirklich genial
When you're alone
And life is making you lonely,
You can always go downtown
When you've got worries,
All the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
and go
Downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown, no finer place for sure,
Downtown, everything's waiting for you
(Downtown)
Don't hang around
And let your problems surround you
There are movie shows downtown
Maybe you know
Some little places to go to
Where they never close downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossanova
You'll be dancing with 'em, too, before the night is
over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
and go
Downtown where all the lights are bright,
Downtown, waiting for you tonight,
Downtown, you're gonna be alright now
(Downtown downtown)
Downtown
(Downtown)
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along
So, maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
and go
Downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown, don't wait a minute more,
Downtown, everything's waiting for you
Downtown (downtown) downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown) downtown (downtown)
We walk the streets of the suburbs
You hold my hand like it's all I need
We kiss in the woods behind your parents' place
I whisper, I'll tell you 'bout my dreams
Can we keep it simple? Just give me what I need.
I like it better when we go to downtown, downtown
I like it when you kiss me downtown, town, town...
I like it better when we go to downtown, downtown
I like it when you kiss me downtown, town, town...
I need to feel you love me
[?], baby
You should know by now, I like it
I like it when you kiss me downtown
We walk the streets in a circle
We know every corner by heart
Subway south and I'm outta here
Are you in? Are you out?
Loving me is simple, just give me what I need
I like it better when we go to downtown, downtown
I like it when you kiss me downtown, town, town...
I like it better when we go to downtown, downtown
I like it when you kiss me downtown, town, town...
I need to feel you love me
[?], baby
You should know by now, I like it
I like it when you kiss me downtown
Can we keep it simple? Just give me what I need.
I like it better when we go to downtown, downtown
I like it when you kiss me downtown, town, town...
I like it better when we go to downtown, downtown
I like it when you kiss me downtown, town, town...
Downtown, downtown
I like it when you kiss me downtown, town, town...
I like it better when we go to downtown, downtown
We can do it we can do it tonight
Got your feet planted, but youíre moving alright
Downtown drums playiní loud despite
All the fucked up shit that we heard tonight
Scream and shout out loud tonight
You got feet on the ground but your head is upright
Scrub the ground downtown tonight
We goiní downtown make your body feel alright
We can do it we can do it tonight,
I can take it we can make it
I can make you feel right
Just let me slip, slip into something tight
And we can boom boom boom like dynamite
I can do it I can do it tonight
I can show you where to go to make you feel right
Címon baby be impolite,
ëcuz you know it makes me crazy when you take a bite
whatcha doiní whatcha doiní tonight?
-I donít know, whatchew doiní tonight?
Iím going to a party, to party downtown, shake my ass faster than west coast clowns
-Itís a slap back, itís a rap attack, the foam be where the partyís at
Itís gonna be wet
-Well then itís gonna be wild
You better be careful, we donít need another child
-Iíll be there in 10 w/some bbq eel, Iíll pick your ass up in da pumpstamobile
Pick me up, take me down, I want to go out, and I want to get around
-I said, cool baby, and doo doo brown what goes up, must come down
Iím down. Are you down?
Your mamma goes ñDowntown!
Get a rub ñDowntown!
Keep It bumping ñDowntown!
Sell me something ñDowntown!
Dance a ho ñDowntown!
Take a ride ñDowntown!
Shout it out ñDowntown!
Waiting for you ñDowntown!
Never close ñDowntown!
Always go ñDowntown!
Bring it on ñDowntown!
Hippies go ñDowntown!
Be seen ñDowntown!
Party on ñDowntown!
Pull your panties ñDowntown!
She spends the day running around
Running around downtown
Finding a way to get around
A day without him on her mind
She spends the day running around
Running around downtown
Finding her way through the crowd
Nothing but time on her side
And she needs to, She needs to , she really needs to find a
way to make it through the day
She spends the day running around
She tries to find her way
In the perfect world she made, she couldn’t let him stay
In her perfect world, in her perfect world, in her perfect world, in her perfect world
She spends the day running around
Running around downtown
Finding a way through the crowd
Nothing but time on her side
And she needs to, She needs to, she really needs to find a
Way to make it through the day
She spends the day running around
She tries to find her way
In the perfect world she made,
She couldn’t let him stay
In her perfect world She made, oh, she made
In her perfect world
Will she ever get the chance to find that love again
Now she’s just a lonely girl
That’s how the story ends
In her perfect world,
She made, oh, she made
In her perfect world
She needs to, she really needs to find a
Yeah, yeah, girl, that's what I'm gonna do
Girl, maybe I made this just a little bit harder
Than it has to be but you'll see that one day
Just don't spin me around
Please don't mess me around again
'Cause I've been making my way downtown to your window
Staying up late on the phone talking real low
Watching old movies, thinking I should be with you
Yeah, girl, that's what I'm gonna do
And your friends say don't sweat it
Don't let her get into your head again
But maybe, yeah, one day
Just don't spin me around
Please don't mess me around again
'Cause I've been making my way downtown to your window
Staying up late on the phone talking real low
Watching old movies, thinking I should be with you
Yeah, girl, that's what I'm gonna do
'Cause she knocks the socks off my feet
She's hot like a fever of one-oh-three
She turns my frown upside down
'Cause I've been making my way downtown to your window
Staying up late on the phone talking real low
Watching old movies, thinking I should be with you
Yeah, girl, that's what I'm gonna do
'Cause I've been making my way downtown to your window
Staying up late on the phone talking real low
Watching old movies, thinking I should be with you
Girl, that's what I'm gonna do
Lights go off, another day
And I've been feeling fine
Too many words are left to say
So they get left behind
"I can't let you go"
"I won't let you know,
I'm drowning in your wine"
Another night, this town can't make it right
That's why I gotta go
Where words break like the bottles of grief
Where shadows crawl through the streets
And I've been waiting
I get this feeling that I'm getting pulled back again
Back where everyone meets
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go
Why don't we go downtown
Another day is missing me
Can you see it shine?
I gotta keep a level head but I
Gotta rest my mind
This day could be your last
So make an order fast
And pass it down the line
Another time you know they got me feeling fine
That's why I gotta go
Where tops pop on the bottles
From heat
Where safety is parked in the streets
And I've been hailing
I get this feeling that I'm getting pulled back again
Back to sip something sweet
VERSE 1.
Downtown
Chinatown
Walking up and down
The streets are filled with
Lantern lights
Shining from the terraced sky
PRE-CHORUS 1.
Where do we go from here love
Are we too busy with our painted lives
You forgot to say goodbye when we we're at hello
CHORUS 1.
You say I'm just a daydream stranger
But I was falling at your feet
You say I'm just a lone believer
Well I was just caught up in the deep
Where do we go from here love
Are we too busy with lives
You forgot to say goodbye when we we're at hello
VERSE 2.
All the time
Running round
Busy roads are filled with
Faces I can't recall
Hold the line
I'm just trying
To be complete from
The broken pieces
PRE-CHORUS 2.
Where do we go from here love
Are we too busy with our painted lives
You forgot to say goodbye when we we're at hello
CHORUS 2.
You say I'm just a daydream stranger
Your mistake I was falling at your feet
You say I'm just a lone believer
I was just caught up in the deep
Where do we go from here love
Are we too busy with our lives
You forgot to say goodbye when we we're at hello
BRIDGE
Sometimes I feel all alone in the waiting game
But then I look around and she's looking just the same
He's just hesitating
And she's just contemplating
Running around running around
CHORUS 3.
Where do we go from here love
Are we too busy with our painted lives
I was just getting used
To having you 'round.
You went wandering
Around the world.
I woke up.
I went downtown.
I woke up and everything was drowning...
Downtown...
Little Comet (that's the name we gave him!)
's been trying.
But he doesn't see why
MaryJane from down the lane went insane.
Oh she's still better off than I am...
Downtown!...
Held a candle to the window,
Then the door.
Saw the features of the world light up,
Oh Eva, your face!
I was a four-leaf clover.
I was Red Rover on his way over
To your place!...
I was just getting used
To having you 'round
You went wandering
Around the world.
I woke up,
I went downtown.
I woke up
