Down at the Uptown

It was a real live world, and I wanna live in it
 I got up and sung in [overrun] places like this
 Christmas lights, but nobody gave a shit, I guess
 Was a real live world, and I wanna live in it
 So if I'm a stranger now
 And runnin' on my own time
 It's 'cause I made a vow
 Down at the Uptown
 on the radio
 Trouble's in the bathroom, sleepin' off a bad one
 is 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 runnin' on my own time
 It's 'cause I made a vow
 Down at the Uptown
 Mama, I'm standing on the ledge-i-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 runnin' on my own time
 It's 'cause I made a vow
 Down at the Uptown
 So if I'm a stranger now
 And runnin' on my own time
 It's 'cause I made a vow
 Down at the Uptown