Greg Brown: Downtown

Yes I could stay home, I could read a book or twoI could try to get a little bit better at some of the bad things that I dobut the night is young. So I'm out for a little whileI'm gonna put on my hat and coat and pants and boots and my smile.'N' I'm gonna go downtown tonightAll around the town,checkin' out all the sights.I'll be back in the morningFeelin' bad or goodGonna do what I want and I ain't gonna what I should.Well, now, if you ever checked it out you know jus' what I meanThere's always a few surprises in that same old sceneYou might meet some fella who can really blow the hornMake you glad for a change you done got born.Don't you wanna go downtown tonight?Uptown, downtown, all aroun' the town,checkin' out all the little sights.So we'll be back in the mornin'Feelin' bad or goodI do what I want and I don't do what I should.Some of the people that I meet they say they love the mountains bestWhen I look around in the city I jus' see one big wildernessSquirrels are writin' tickets, dolphins drivin' carsGlobefish blowin' tubas, grizzly bears in the bars'N' I gonna go downtown tonightI'm gonna go all aroun' the townI'm gonna check out all the sightsI'll be back in the mornin'Feelin' bad or goodI do what I want and I don't do what I should.Yeah, oh but I might get lucky, I might run into my friend JaneWalk to her apartment in the sooty city rainPut on a little record, gonna be so long and tallI'm a-gonna be the wallpaper, Jane'gonna be the wall'N' I wanna go downtown tonightI wanna go all aroun' the townWanna check out all the sights.I'll be back in the mornin'Feelin' bad or goodGonna do what I want and I don't do what I should.Ain't you ever known that magic hour just before the dawnWhen the morning is still sleepy but the night is not yet gone?And you're walking home from some little joint with somebody you loveWith the moon and the stars and the bells and the birds all ring-a ding-adong-a up above?Don't you wanna go downtown, tonight?Let's go downtown tonightLet's go all aroun' the townLet's go check out all the sightsAn' we be back in the mornin'Feelin' bad or goodI do what I want and I don't do what I should.