john waite
downtown
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  Oh yeah 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  Going down yeah I'm gonna see the man Going downtown Do you remember me