Apologies to Petula Clark

from Here's Another Fine Mess by Rick McLean

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When life is boring to the point that you’re snoring you can always go
Downtown
You want a place where you no longer feel safe well you can always go
Downtown

Just look at all the litter and the homes not worth insurin’
Crooked cops and crystal meth and men that smell like urine
On the ground

Ain’t nothing like this picturesque location
You’ll forget what your name is and that you’re on probation

When you’re downtown!
Weird things are happenin’
Downtown!
People panhandlin’
Downtown!
Tweakers and stabbins and booze

You walk out of the bar and see dudes playin’ guitars
And singin’ songs that don’t rhyme
Downtown
You were with the wrong people and got poked with a needle
That was used eight times
Downtown

You walk into a parking lot to make yourself a purchase
The whores don’t really love ya but oh my god aren’t they courteous
Goin’ down

The ATM’s reading insufficient funds
But it ain’t easy to tell that to a dude with a gun

When you’re downtown!
Weird things are happenin’
Downtown!
People panhandlin’
Downtown!
Tweakers and stabbins and booze

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from Here's Another Fine Mess, released September 9, 2017

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