Lyrics Downtown - Greg Brown

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