I cracked the code and I what it's all about We found the on Greene Street, swept that bad boy out wine, playing records way past four Making some crazy soulful on the hard wood floor Where did our go?
You hung the picture of young Dizzy on the to me that was the best day of them all Sweet, sweet words like honey from the Yes, there was magic then in every we sung
Hey, let 'em kid you, stay cool it'll be all right Don't trade today for tomorrow, tomorrow for tomorrow You chop wood, carry the water, it be that way No lie, the downtown canon so wild so so free Stand by the downtown canon, I say it's got to be
Chasing sensation to us who we are You met that half-crazed painter fool in damn bar Cocaine dreams and chiba-chiba You had to share his world in shades of black and baby?
Yes, I, it's a real good theory, can you with the day to day? thing, no problemo, sometimes it be that way You go girl, it's now or never, no one holds out that Says here in the downtown canon keep it real, it'll be here, the downtown canon, could it be any other way?
Packed up the and the Man Ray and the Joyce I a note that said, well, I guess I got no choice Excuse me, girl, I'm kickin' it to the curb I'm leaving with all I need but less than I
She says, everybody, never mind for me and you Too bad she don't remember, too bad that I do It all goes wrong in a hurry, you know the second law Writ large in the downtown canon, it goes up and it must come Right here, the downtown canon, catch you on the