Goin' Downtown Lyrics - Joe Jackson

Joe Jackson and Drew Barfield) 

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:]