Alan Menken - Skid Row (Downtown) lyrics

Alarm goes off at seven And you start uptown You put in your eight hours For the powers that have always been (Sing it child) 'Til it's five p.m (Then you go) Downtown, where the folks are broke You go downtown, where your life's a joke You go downtown, where you buy a token, you go Home to Skid Row (Home to Skid Row) (Yes, you go) Downtown, where the cabs don't stop Downtown, where the food is slop Downtown, where the hopheads flop in the snow Down on Skid Row Uptown you cater to a million jerks Uptown you're messengers and mail room clerks Eating all your lunches at the hot dog carts The bosses take your money and they break your hearts Uptown you cater to a million who*es Disinfect terrazzo on their bathroom floors The jobs are really menial, you make no bread And then at 5 o' clock you head... (by subway) Downtown, where the guys are drips (Downtown) Where they rip your slips (Downtown) Where relationships are no go Down on Skid Row (Down on Skid Row) Down on Skid Row (Down on Skid Row) Down on Skid Row (Down on Skid Row) Down on Skid Row (Down on Skid Row) Poor. All my life, I've always been poor I keep asking God what I'm for And he tells me, "gee, I'm not sure" Sweep that floor, kid Oh! I started life as an orphan A child of the street, here on Skid Row He took me in, gave me shelter, a bed, crust of bread, and a job Treats me like dirt, calls me a slob, which I am So I live... (Downtown) That's your home address. You live... (Downtown) When your life's a mess, you live... (Downtown) Where depression's just status quo (Down on Skid Row) Someone show me a way to get out of here 'Cause I constantly pray I'll get out of here Please, won't somebody say I'll get out of here Someone give me my shot, or I'll rot here (Downtown, there's no rules for us) Show me how, and I will, I'll get out of here (Downtown, 'cause it's dangerous) I'll start climbing uphill and get out of here (Downtown, where the rainbow's just a no-show) Someone tell me I still could get out of here Someone tell lady luck that I'm stuck here (When you go...) (Downtown, where the sun don't shine) Gee, it sure would be swell to get out of here (Downtown, past the bottom line) Bid the gutter farewell and get out of here (Downtown. Go ask any wino, he'll know) I'd move heaven and hell to get out of Skid I'd do I don't know what to get out of Skid (Downtown) But a hell of a lot to get out of Skid (Downtown) People tell me there's not a way out of Skid (Downtown) But believe me, I gotta get out of Skid Row