Downtown Skid Row lyrics

[Crystal]
Alarm goes off at seven
and you start uptown.
You put in your eight hours
for the powers that have always been.

[Ronnette]
Sing it, child.

[Crystal]
Til it`s five p.m.

[Wino #1]
Then you go

[Girls]
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!

[Wino #1]
Yes, you go

[All]
Downtown

[Crystal]
Where the cabs don`t stop.
[All]
Downtown
[Mushnik]
Where the food is slop.
[All]
Downtown
Where the hop-heads flop in the snow!
Down on Skid Row!

[Girls]
Uptown you cater to a million jerks
Uptown your messengers and mailroom clerks
Eatin` all your lunches at the hot-dog carts
The bosses take your money
And they break your hearts

And uptown you cater to a million whores
You disinfect terrazzo on their bathroom floors
Your morning`s tribulation, afternoon`s a curse
And five o`clock is even worse-

[Wino #1]
That`s when you go

[All]
Downtown
[Audrey]
Where the guys are drips.
[All]
Downtown
[Audrey]
Where they rip your slips.
Downtown
Where relationships are no-go.

[All]
Down on Skid Row!

[Seymour]
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...

[Others]
Downtown
[Seymour]
That`s your home address, ya live
[Others]
Downtown
[Seymour]
When your life`s a mess, ya live
[Others]
Downtown
[Seymour]
Where depression`s jes` status quo!

[Others]
Down on Skid Row!

[Seymour]
Someone show me a way to get outa here
Cause I constantly pray I`ll get outa here
Please won`t somebody say I`ll get outa here
Someone gimme my shot or I`ll rot here!

{lyrics A and B are sung at the same time, C and D will be sung at the same time}

[Seymour](A)[Others] (B)
Show me how and I will, Downtown
I`ll get outa hereThere`s no rules for us,
I`ll start climbin` up hillDowntown-
and get outa hereCause it`s dangerous
Someone tell me I stillDowntown
could get outa hereWhere the rainbow`s just
Someone tell lady luck A no-show!
that I`m stuck hereWhen you live...

[Seymour & Audrey] (C)[Others](D)
Gee, it sure wouldDowntown
be swellWhere the sun don`t
To get outa hereshine!
Bid the gutter fare-Downtown
wellPast the bottom
and get outa hereline
I`d move heaven and Downtown
hell Go ask any whino,
to get outa Skid He`ll know
I`d do I-dunno-what
to get outa Skid,
But a hell of a lot Downtown
to get outa Skid,
People tell me Downtown
theres
not a way outa Skid
But believe me IDowntown
gotta get outa...

[All]
Skid Row!
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