John Waite - Downtown lyrics

I wait for sundown on the fire escape

And watch the passing cars downstairs

I’m high above korean groceries

A sublet castle in the air

It's down to cigarettes and rosaries

Christ, I wish someone would call me

I got Johnny Thunders on the radio

But you can't put your arms around a memory

Maybe I could find a better way

But all I need is to feel connected

So, do you remember me?

I sang that song you like

I sang that song for free

Now someone else sounds like me

And I got to get downtown

Downtown, town

See the old men on the bowery

Take the nighttrain to the stars

And you can find me in the usual place

Inside the temple bar

I hear that Sally's got a gift for me

I hear she found it on St. Mark's

These days they all just talk like poets

And shoot their mouths off shooting sparks

Maybe I could find a better way

But all I need now is to feel connected

So, do you remember me?

I sang that song you like

Way back in eighty-three

Number one

High as a kite

As I made my way downtown

Downtown, yeah, yeah

Downtown

They've got paper cups for charity

Cools, pills and broken teeth and dope

But I'll take another dry martini

And a chance on hope

A chance on hope, yeah, dope

And now someone else waits for me

And I got to get downtown

Downtown tonight, yeah

Downtown

I'm going way downtown tonight

I'm gonna see the man, yeah

I'm going way downtown tonight

I do, I do my best I can

It feels so right, yeah

Yeah, it feels so right...

Do you remember me?