Downtown

(Tony Hatch)



When you're alone and life is making you lonely

You can always go downtown

When you've got worries all the noise and the hurry

Seems to help I know downtown.



Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city

Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty

How can you lose, the lights are much brighter there

You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares.



So go downtown things'll be great

When you're downtown

No finer place for sure

Downtown, everything's waiting for you..



Now don't hang around

and let your problems surround you

There are movie shows downtown

Maybe you know some little places to go

to where they never close downtown.



Just listen to the rhythm of the gentle bosa nova

You'll be dancing with them too

Before the night gets over happy again

The lights are much brighter there

You can forget all your troubles forget all your cares

So go downtown where all the lights are bright

downtown waiting for you tonight

Downtown you're gonna be all right now.



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And you'll may find somebody kind

to help and understand you

Someone who is just like you

And needs a gentle hand to guide them along.



So maybe I'll see you there

We can forget all our troubles forget all our cares

So go downtown things will be great

when you're downtown don't wait a minute for

Downtown everything's waiting for you...