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Downtown Train Lyrics By Patty Smyth

    outside another yellow moon
    punched a hole in the nighttime yeah
    i climb through the window and down to the street
    i’m shining like a new dime
    the downtown trains are full
    with all those brooklyn girls
    they try so hard to break out of their little worlds

    you wave your hand and they scatter like crows
    they have nothing that’ll ever capture your heart
    they’re just thorns without the rose
    ooh be careful of ’em in the dark
    oh if i was the one
    you chose to be your only one
    can’t you hear me now
    can’t you hear me now

    will i see you tonight
    ooh on a downtown train
    every night it’s just the same
    you leave me lonely now

    i know your window i know it’s late
    i know your stairs and your doorway
    i walk down your street and past your gate
    i stand by the light at the four way
    you watch them as they fall
    and they all catch heart attacks
    they stay at the carnival baby
    but they’ll never win you back

    will i see you tonight
    baby on a downtown train
    every night every night is just the same
    you leave me lonely now
    will i see you tonight
    ooh on a downtown train
    all my dreams just fall like rain
    all upon a downtown train

    outside another yellow moon
    punched a hole in the nighttime yeah
    i climb through the window and down to the street
    i’m shining like a new dime
    the downtown trains are full
    with all those brooklyn girls
    can’t you hear me now
    can’t you hear me now

    will i see you tonight
    baby on a downtown train
    every night every night it’s just the same
    you leave me lonely now

    will i see you tonight
    on a downtown train
    all my dreams just fall like rain
    all upon a downtown train
    ooooooooohooh ooowoooooh

    Artist: Patty Smyth

    Year: 1987

    Decade: 80s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 159