Downtown Canon

I cracked the code
 And I knew what it's all about
 We found the loft on Greene Street
 Swept that bad boy out
 Alsatian wine — playing records way past four
 Making some crazy soulful love
 On the hard wood floor
 (Where did our love go?)
 You hung the picture
 Of young Dizzy on the wall
 According to me
 That was the best day of them all
 Sweet sweet words like honey from the tongue
 Yes there was magic then
 In every song we sung
 Hey — don't let 'em kid you
 Stay cool it'll be all right
 Don't trade today for tomorrow
 Tomorrow for tomorrow night
 You chop wood — carry the water
 Sometimes it be that way
 No lie — the downtown canon
 So wild so fresh so free
 Stand by the downtown canon
 I say that it's got to be
 Chasing sensation to remind us who we are
 You met that half-crazed painter fool
 In some damn bar
 Cocaine dreams and chiba-chiba nights
 You had to share his world in shades of
 Black and white — Didn'cha baby?
 Yes I — it's a real good theory
 Can you live with the day-to-day
 Sure thing — no problemo
 Sometimes it be that way
 You go girl — it's now or never
 No one holds out that long
 Says here — in the downtown canon
 Keep it real it'll be okay
 Right here — the downtown canon
 Could it be any other way
 Packed up the Dylan and the Man Ray and the Joyce
 I left a note that said well I guess I got no choice
 'S'cuse me girl while I'm kickin' it to the curb
 I'm leaving with all I need but less than I deserve
 She says "poor everybody
 Never mind for me and you"
 Too bad she don't remember
 Too bad that I still do
 It all goes wrong in a hurry
 You know it's the Second Law
 Writ large — in the downtown canon
 It goes up and it must come down
 Right here — the downtown canon
 Catch you on the turnaround