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
 (Ooh, 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-less flop
 In the snow
 Down on skid row
 Uptown you cater to a million jerks
 Uptown you're messengers and mailroom clerks
 Eating all your lunches at the hot dog carts
 The bosses take your money and they break your hearts
 And uptown you cater to a million whores
 You disinfect terrazzo on your 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
 You live (downtown)
 When your life's a mess
 You live (downtown)
 Where depressions' 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
 Show me how and I will, I'll get outta here
 I'll start climbing up hill and get outta here
 Someone tell me I still could get outta here
 Someone tell Lady Luck that I'm stuck here
 Gee, it sure would be swell to get outta here
 Bid the gutter farewell and get outta here
 I'd move heaven and hell to get outta skid
 I'll do I don't know what to get outta skid
 But a hell of a lot to get outta skid
 People tell me there's not a way outta skid
 But believe me, I've got to get outta skid row