Skid Row

Alarm goes off at seven And you start up-town You put in your eight hours For the powers That have always been 'Til it's five-pm Then you go Downtown Where the folks are broke You go downtown Where your life's a joke You go downtown Where you buy a token You go downtown 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 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 their bathroom floors 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 askin' 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 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 gimmie my shot, or I'll rot here (Downtown) Show me how and I will, I'll get outta here (There's no rules for us) (Downtown) I'll start climbin' up hill and get outta here ('Cause it's dangerous) (Downtown) Someone tell me I still could get outta here (Where there rainbow just doesn't show) Someone tell lady luck that I'm stuck here! (When you get) (Downtown) Gee, it sure would be swell to get outta here (Downtown) Bid the gutter farewell and get outta here (Downtown) I'd move heaven and hell to get outta Skid (Downtown) 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 gotta get outta Skid (Downtown) Row!