Earle, Steve - Down Here Below Lyrics






Pale male the famous redtail hawk performs wingstands high above midtown Manhattan
Circles around for one last pass over the park
Got his eye on a fat squirrel down there and a couple of pigeons
They got no place to run they got no place to hide

But pale male he's cool, see 'cause his breakfast ain't goin' nowhere
So he does a loop t loop for the tourists and the six o'clock news
Got him a penthouse view from the tip-top of the food chain, boys
He looks up and down on Fifth Ave and says "God I love this town"

But life goes on down here below
And all us mortals struggle so
We laugh and cry
And live and die
That's how it goes
For all we know
Down here below

I saw Joe Mitchell's ghost on a downtown 'A' train
He just rides on forever now that the Fulton fish market's shut down
He said 'they ain't never gonna get that smell out of the water
I don't give a damn how much of that new money they burn'

Now hell's kitchen's Clinton and the Bowery's Nolita
And the East Village's creepin' 'cross the Williamsburg Bridge
And hey, whatever happened to alphabet city?
Ain't no place left in this town that a poor boy can go

But life goes on down here below
And all us mortals struggle so
We laugh and cry
And live and die
That's how it goes
For all we know
Down here below

Pale male swimmin' in the air
Looks like he's in heaven up there
People sufferin' everywhere
But he don't care

But life goes on down here below
And all us mortals struggle so
We laugh and cry





Other Lyrics by Artist

Rand Lyrics

Last Posts

Earle, Steve Down Here Below Comments
  1. W.... P....

    Wait a minute, If he sold his soul in the last vid for music. Then what is this song really say'n? What lesson are we to understand? That we mortals struggle in vain?
    One hell of a ryth"m thou.

  2. J.... M....

    Am I the only one who thinks 'Pale Male' was inspired (at least somewhat) by Donald Trump?

    J.... M....

    Jeffrey Mathewes Probably.
    Pale Male is an actual Red-tailed Hawk that has nested around Central Park for almost 30 years.

  3. S.... M....

    GREAT GREAT TUNE, STEVE GETS BETTER WITH  EVERY ALBUM, HE NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME !!!

  4. R.... G....

    FREE 4/20/13 I will be there...

    Steve Earle Live at Twist and Shout 6pm DENVER

  5. j.... L....

    Just saw their new nest off washington square park last month. You Rock Steve!

  6. J.... W....

    Fab version in Birmingham, UK, last night. :-)

  7. w.... ....

    only started listening to him and he is a little thing called CLASS!!!!

  8. m.... ....

    A férfi fán terem Men in Trees

  9. N.... M....

    any way you could load come home to me up??

  10. n.... e....

    fucking awsome hells yeah

  11. T.... ....

    my idol = )

  12. E.... S....

    In an age where country music is void of originality in lyrics Steve Earle is a hero. I think country artists could learn alot from him. I hated country music when I was a kid, then I heard guys like Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, John Prine, Hank Williams, etc. Now i just hate pop country! lol