Downtown Lyrics - John Waite

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 

Johnny thunders on the radio 

Ah 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 now 

Do you remember me 

I sang that song you like, I sang that song for free 

Now someone else sounds like me 

As I make my way downtown 

Downtown, oh yeah 

Downtown 

See the old men on the Bowery 

Take the night train to the stars 

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 poetry 

And shoot their mouths off shooting sparks 

Maybe I could find a better way 

But all I need now is to feel connected 

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 

To downtown 

They've got paper cups for charity 

Kools, pills and broken teeth and dope 

But I'll take another dry martini 

And a chance on hope 

And now someone else waits for me 

And I got to get downtown 

Downtown, oh yeah 

Downtown, I'm going way downtown, oh yeah 

I'm gonna see the man, I'm going way downtown 

See the man, I'm going down yeah 

I'm gonna see the man, I'm going downtown 

Do you remember me