Skid Row (Downtown)

Lyrics

[CRYSTAL] Alarm goes off at seven And you start uptown You put in your eight hours For the powers that have always been [RONETTE, spoken] Sing it, child [CRYSTAL] Till it's five P.M [WINO #1] Then you go [CRYSTAL, RONNETE, CHIFFON] 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 [COMPANY] Downtown [CRYSTAL] Where the cabs don't stop [COMPANY] Downtown [MUSHNIK] Where the food is slop [COMPANY] Downtown Where the hop-heads flop In the snow Down on Skid Row [GIRLS] Uptown you cater to a million jerks Uptown you're messengers and mailroom 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 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 [COMPANY] Downtown [AUDREY] Where the guys are drips [COMPANY] Downtown [AUDREY] Where they rip your slips [COMPANY] Downtown [AUDREY] Where relationships are no-go Down on Skid Row [COMPANY] Down on Skid Row [AUDREY] Down on Skid Row [COMPANY] Down on Skid Row [AUDREY] Down on Skid Row [COMPANY] Down on Skid Row [AUDREY & COMPANY] 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 [COMPANY] Downtown [SEYMOUR] That's your home address, ya live [COMPANY] Downtown [SEYMOUR] When your life's a mess, ya live [COMAPNY] Downtown [SEYMOUR] Where depression's just status quo [COMPANY] Down on Skid Row [SEYMOUR] 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 [SEYMOUR] (simultaneously) Show me how and I will, I'll get outta here [COMPANY] (simultaneously) Downtown there's no rules for us [SEYMOUR] (simultaneously) I'll start climbing up hill and get outta here [COMPANY] (simultaneously) Downtown 'cause it's dangerous [SEYMOUR] (simultaneously) Someone tell me I still could get outta here [COMPANY] (simultaneously) Downtown where the rainbow's just a no-show [SEYMOUR] (simultaneously) Someone tell Lady Luck that I'm stuck here [COMPANY] (simultaneously) When you live [SEYMOUR & AUDREY] Gee, it sure would be swell to get outta here [COMPANY] (simultaneously) Downtown Where the sun don't shine [SEYMOUR & AUDREY] (simultaneously) Bid the gutter farewell and get outta here [COMPANY] (simultaneously) Downtown That's the bottom line [SEYMOUR & AUDREY] (simultaneously) I'd move heaven and hell to get outta Skid [COMPANY] (simultaneously) Downtown Go ask any wino, he'll know [SEYMOUR & AUDREY] (simultaneously) I'll do I dunno what to get outta Skid [COMPANY] (simultaneously) Downtown [SEYMOUR & AUDREY] But a hell of a lot to get outta Skid [COMPANY] (simultaneously) Downtown [SEYMOUR & AUDREY] (simultaneously) People tell me there's not a way outta Skid [COMPANY] (simultaneously) Downtown [SEYMOUR & AUDREY] (simultaneously) But believe me, I gotta get outta [ALL] Skid Row