Skid Row (Downtown)

Alarm goes off at seven and you start uptown
 You put in your eight hours for the powers that have always been
 (Sing it, child)
 'Till it's five P.M.
 (Then you go)
 Downtown, where the folks are broke, you go
 Downtown, where your life's a joke, you go
 Downtown, when you buy your token, you go
 Home to Skid Row
 (Home to Skid Row)
 (Yes, you go)
 Downtown, where the cabs don't stop
 Downtown, where the food is slop
 Downtown, where the hop-heads flop in the snow
 Down on Skid Row
 Uptown, you cater to a million jerks
 Uptown, you're messengers and mail-room clerks
 Eating all your lunches at the hot-dog carts
 The bosses take your money and they break your hearts
 Uptown, you cater to a million whores
 You disinfect terrazzo on their bathroom floors
 Your morning's tribulation, afternoon's a curse
 And five o'clock is even worse (that's when you go)
 Downtown, where the guys are drips
 Downtown, where they rip your slips
 Downtown, where relationships are no go
 Down on Skid Row (down on Skid Row)
 Down on Skid Row (down on Skid Row)
 Down on Skid Row (down on Skid Row)
 Down on Skid Row
 Poor, all my life I've always been poor
 I keep asking God what I'm for
 And he tells me, "Gee, I'm not sure"
 "Sweep that floor, kid!"
 Oh, I started life as an orphan, a child of the street
 Here on Skid Row
 He took me in, gave me shelter, a bed, crust of bread and a job
 Treats me like dirt, calls me a slob, which I am
 So I live
 (Downtown) That's your home address, ya live
 (Downtown) When your life's a mess, ya live
 (Downtown) Where depression's just status quo
 (Down on Skid Row)
 Someone show me a way to get outta here
 'Cause I constantly pray I'll get outta here
 Please, won't somebody say I'll get outta here?
 Someone gimme my shot or I'll rot here
 (Downtown, there's no rules for us) Show me how and I will, I'll get outta here
 (Downtown, 'cause it's dangerous) I'll start climbing up hill and get outta here
 (Downtown, where the rainbow's just a no-show) Someone tell me I still could get outta here
 Someone tell lady luck that I'm stuck here (when you live)
 (Downtown, where the sun don't shine) Gee, it sure would be swell to get outta here
 (Downtown, past the bottom line) Bid the gutter farewell and get outta here
 (Downtown, go ask any wino, he'll know) I'd move heaven and hell to get outta Skid
 I'd do I don't know what to get outta Skid
 (Downtown) But a hell of a lot to get outta Skid
 (Downtown) People tell me there's not a way outta Skid
 (Downtown) But believe me, I've gotta get outta Skid Row