Do it downtown in from the outside

Yeah, find the scene and work it, brother

Moving through sound

City's like wild life

Overgrown and living undercover

Wound up so tight.

We love the downtown life

Driftin' through the day

Waiting for the night, oh...

Downtown life it feels so right

It keeps me hangin' on.

Velvet lou was a neighbor of mine

Now he walks the dog in jersey, brother

Yuppies in black doin' white-collar crime

They scared away the local color

But they can't steal the night.

We love the downtown life

Driftin' through the day

Waiting for the night, oh...

Downtown life it feels so right

It keeps me hangin' on.

Downtown life

Drifting through the night

Waiting for the light to come

Downtown life it feels so right

It keeps me hangin' on.

My baby knows she's got to go for this kind of life

'cause city love can't stand to see the sunlight

Dawn patrol better leave me alone

'cause I can only take it for so long

Going down isn't hard to do

The king of clubs and queen of hearts fall too

She says, "If you believe this is only a lonely time

Stay at home, boys - the blues are lost on you."

Ain't it true.

We love the downtown life

Drifting through the day

Waiting for the night, oh

Downtown life it feels so right

It keeps me hangin' on.

Downtown life

Drifting through the night

Waiting for the night to come

Downtown life it feels so right

It keeps me hangin' on.