Ah yeah Oh, oh, yeah No doubt Do it downtown in from the outside Yeah, find the scene and work it brother Moving through sound cities like wild life All overgrown and living undercover And wound up so tight We love the Downtown Life Downtime life baby Driftin' thru the day Waiting for the nite, oh oh Downtown Life, it feels so right It keeps me hangin' on, hangin' on So listen now, Velvet Lou was a neighbor of mine Now he walks the dog in Jersey, Brother Yuppies in black with the white collar crime They scared away the local color But they can't steal the nite We love the Downtown Life Driftin' through the day Waitin' for the nite, oh oh Downtown Life, it feels so right It keeps me hangin' on, hangin' on We love the Downtown Life Gettin' through the night Waiting for the nite to come Downtown Life, it feels so right It keeps me hangin' hangin' hangin' hangin' hangin' on My baby knows she's got to go for this kind of life
'Cause city life can't stand to see the sunlight Dawn patrol better leave me alone 'Cause I can only take it for so long Going down isn't hard to do The King of Clubs, and the Queen of Hearts fall too She says, "If you believe this is only a lonely time Stay at home boy, the blues are lost on you" Ain't it true? We love the downtown Life Driftin' through the day Waitin' for the nite, oh oh Downtown Life, it feels so right It keeps me hangin' on, hangin' on Downtime life Gettin' through the night Waitin' for the nite to come Downtown Life It feels so right It keeps me hangin' on Downtown Life Downtown Life, it keeps me hangin' on Downtown Life, it keeps me hangin' Driftin' through the day Waiting for the nite Driftin', waitin' Hangin' on, hangin on' Downtown Life It keeps me hangin' on Gettin' through the nite Waitin' for the nite ...