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Downtown Life Lyrics By Daryl Hall John Oates

    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’ whitecollar 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

    Artist: Daryl Hall John Oates

    Year: 1988

    Decade: 80s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 145