Down at the Uptown - Hiss Golden Messenger

It was a real live world and I wanna live in it

I got up and sung in a whole lot of places like this

Christmas lights, but nobody gave a shit like this

It was a real live world and I wanna live in it

So if I’m a stranger now

And running on my own time

It’s 'cause I made a vow

Down at the Uptown

Horses playing on the radio

Someone’s in the bathroom sleeping off a bad one

Queenie’s selling roses out the back door

It was a real live world and I wanna live in it

So if I’m a stranger now

And running on my own time

It’s 'cause I made a vow

Down at the Uptown

Momma, I’m standing on the ledge-ee-o

Run, jump, or fly?

I think I caught a bad one

I guess we only get so many chances to shine

It was a real live world and I wanna live in it

So if I’m a stranger now

And running on my own time

It’s 'cause I made a vow

Down at the Uptown

So if I’m a stranger now

And running on my own time

It’s 'cause I made a vow

Down at the Uptown