Kerry butler - Skid Row lyrics

Alarm goes off at seven And you start uptown You put in your eight hours For the powers that have always been Till 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 When you buy your 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 hop-heads 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 You disinfect terrazzo on their Bathroom floors Your morning's tribulation Afternoon's a curse And five o'clock is even worse That's when you go 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!) 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 Ya live Downtown When your life's a mess Ya live Downtown Where depressions' jes' Status Quo Down on Skid Row Someone show me a way to get outta here 'Cause I constantly pray I'll get Outta here Please, won't somebody say I'll get Outta here Someone gimme my shot or I'll Rot here Downtown Show me how and I will, I'll get outta here Downtown, 'cause it's dangerous I'll start climbing up hill and get outta here Downtown, where the rainbow's just a no-show! Someone tell me I still could get outta here Someone tell lady luck that I'm stuck here When you live Downtown, where the sun don't shine Gee it sure would be swell to get outta here Downtown, past the bottom line Bid the gutter farewell and get outta here Downtown, go ask any wino, he'll know I'd move heaven and he'll to get outta skid Downtown I'd do I dunno what to get outta skid Downtown But a hell of a lot to get outta skid Downtown People tell me there's not a way outta skid Downtown But believe me I gotta get outta skid Row!