I cracked the code and I knew it's all about We found the loft on Street, swept that bad boy out wine, playing records way past four Making some crazy soulful love on the hard wood Where did our go?
You hung the of young Dizzy on the wall According to me that was the day of them all Sweet, sweet like honey from the tongue Yes, there was magic then in every we sung
Hey, don't let 'em kid you, 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 so wild so fresh so free Stand by the canon, I say that it's got to be
Chasing to remind us who we are You met that half-crazed painter in some damn bar Cocaine dreams and nights You had to share his world in shades of black and baby?
Yes, I, it's a real good theory, can you live the day to day? thing, no problemo, sometimes it be that way You go girl, now or never, no one holds out that long Says here in the downtown keep it real, it'll be okay Right here, the canon, could it be any other way?
Packed up the Dylan and the Man Ray and the I left a note that said, well, I I got no choice Excuse me, girl, while I'm it to the curb I'm leaving all I need but less than I deserve
She says, Poor everybody, mind for me and you Too bad she don't remember, too bad I still 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 down Right here, the downtown canon, you on the turnaround