Do it downtown in from the outside Yeah, find the scene & 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