Tom Waits - Downtown Lyrics
red pants and the sugarman in, the temple street gloom, drinkin' chivas
regal in a four dollar room, just another dead soldier in a powder blue night,
sugarman says baby everything's alright, goin' downtown down downtown.
montclaire de havelin doin' the st. vitus dance, lookin' for someone to chop
mink, all the traffic in the street but it's so hard to think, goin' downtown
down downtown.
frankie's wearin' lipstick pierre cardin, i swear to god i seen him holdin'
hands with jimmy bond, sally's high on crank and hungry for some sweets, she's
fem in the sheets but she's butch in the streets, goin' downtown down
downtown.
it's the cool of the evening the sun's goin' down, i want to hold you in my
arms i want to push you around, i want to break your bottle and spill out all
down downtown.
red pants and the sugarman in the temple, drinkin' chivas regal in a four
dollar room, just another dead soldier in a powder blue night, red pants turns
to sugarman and says everything's alright, goin' downtown down downtown.
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Tom Waits Downtown Comments
Where the hell is one of the best songs on the album... In Shades? C'mon. If you ain't got it, don't post it. Nice thought, but the full album includes In Shades in the #2 spot.
Come again sometime soon. Nigga, please.
I can taste it!!!
very springsteen.. still, how awesome!
Just Supeerb! A Genius.God Bless You! MERCI BEUCOUP!
We went downtown https://youtu.be/21EXNlO_f1E
Steamin' Baby !
This man has the perfect song for any occasion. I may skip downtown.
What key is this in? any lead sheets xxxxxxxx
Oh my God this blows my mind away
Does anyone knows the name of the band who covered this song in a much heavy-bluesed way?
I heard it yesterday on the radio, but couldn't get the name of the boys...
I know it's quite late, but maybe you meant this version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQHeVud09Kc
Stefan Binder thanks a lot, that's the song
can hear snot bubbles in his throat
Tom jtm
"Drinking Chivas Regal in a four dollar", great lyrics.
Very cool stuff. Our group's lead singer is largely influenced by this stuff. Check it out if you get a chance. Cheers!
!!!!!...
...and that, friends, is THE SHIT.
favorite line: It's cool of the evening, the sun's goin' down
Want to hold you in my arms, I want to push you around
I want to break your bottle and spill out all your charms
Come on baby, we'll set off all the burglar alarms
What??? Are you serious? Get some vinyl, bro. It's much different than youtube shit.
Or it rocks!
Synesthesia, anyone? ;P
rocknroll poet you got everything right, what an artist i am totally amazed and religously grateful for tom waites take on life.he's the Da vinci of my generation. the one comment about this song being a "redundant narcotic beat". dude take your classless ass uptown. you couldn't even play in the same room with these muscians much less match wits with the poet of endless time. snobs , hate em.
I think "redudant narcotic beat" is a compliment! The song certainly is narcotic, it makes you drunk...
You know when a mind relies on a soulless ear or a soul withouth fellings, they make comments sounding like farths
I'm a fan of originality and Tom Waits is in a class all by himself ! I still want to know "What's he doing in there ?" I mean Genius! Come on Step right up, lets have a Jockey full of bourbon and go Downtown ! Tom Waits made it in the R&R hall of fame w/out even trying.
chivas in a 4 dollar room....downtown
peace
Tom Waits saved my soul.
Great Hammond!
grande artista!
I enter a bar and I'll smell is deodorant and cheap perfume,bought because of some pretentious advertisment...I want to enter a bar and smell cigarettes,REAL cocktails and long drinks and I wanna hear the stories of the people on the bar while TOM WAITS is blasting out of a real jukebox...
the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!! the world goin' downtown!!!
"Heartattack And Vine" (1980)
From which album is it?
@renoraider2 Ikinshpelwurserifatzwatcherdiggin?
ozzyhendrix...St.vidas dance is uncontrolable jerking of the body from nerve impulses. Could be sombody jonesin' for some kind of fix, cause they're coming down off something powerfull. To me, the name, it gives the impression of a washed up tranny movie star. This album seems to be about all types of "after closing time" freaks that occupy the streets & alleys of the city.
Sounds like a good traffic generater
This "Downtown" beats the one on Rain Dogs by a country mile, but the Rain Dogs number was all that ever came up in my YouTube searches...'til now. My greasy, nicotine-stained trilby's off to you, EverlastJazz.
God he was hot.
STILL IS!
my favorite tom song ever, seriously appreciate the upload my friend.
Only the greatest poet of the rock n' roll era.
"Montclaire de Havelin doin' the St.Vitus dance", there's something I don't get.
Underrated Waits song, my favorite of his downtown songs. Makes living in the city seem wicked in a way that no one can resist.