Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Downtown , by - Greg Brown. Song from the album One Night, in the genre Release date: 17.05.1999
Record label: Red House
Song language: English
Downtown |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |