Downtown Tonight

Dodging the blues, but the blues were gaining fast
 Riding the news, knowing news just doesn't last
 Heaven come seven with the rolling of the bones
 Ah, but winning never feels like going home
 He's thick at the bottom, thin at the top
 Like a bottle shaken with a cork that doesn't pop
 Pretending and descending to the land of woe
 Oh, life's not what you think, it's what you know
 Chorus:
 So take it downtown tonight
 And when nobody's looking you can slip it out of sight
 Since you're devil bound, it's hell downtown tonight
 He's beard, bone and gristle, the rest is mostly mule
 He's running from the whistles, he's running as a rule
 Pretending and descending to the land of woe
 Oh, when you give your hand to fate, she don't let go
 (Chorus)
 Dodging the blues, but the blues were gaining fast
 Riding the news, knowing news just doesn't last
 Heaven come seven with the rolling of the bones
 Oh, life's not what you think, it's what you know
 Oh, when you give your hand to fate, she don't let go