Joe Jackson - Goin' Downtown lyrics

I could cool out

I could hang loose

I could lay my head back in this comfortable noose

I could watch the paint dry

On these rented walls

Or I could run wild with the first wild thing who calls

Chorus:

Goin' downtown... goin' downtown

Goin' downtown... to stand round and stare

And put people down for not being there

Goin' downtown... and I'll see you there

But I saw you laugh

At that girl having fun

To show some emotion... just isn't done

You can look but don't touch

That's as far as it goes

You're only as good as the cut of your clothes

Chorus

There's gotta be more to life than this

(C) 1991 Pokazuka Ltd. (ASCAP