Greg Brown - Downtown

Tekst :

Yes I could stay home, I could read a book or two
I could try to get a little bit better at some of the bad things that I do
but the night is young. So I m out for a little while
I m gonna put on my hat and coat and pants and boots and my smile.

N I m gonna go downtown tonight
All around the town,
checkin out all the sights.
I ll be back in the morning
Feelin bad or good
Gonna do what I want and I ain t gonna what I should.

Well, now, if you ever checked it out you know jus what I mean
There s always a few surprises in that same old scene
You might meet some fella who can really blow the horn
Make you glad for a change you done got born.

Don t you wanna go downtown tonight?
Uptown, downtown, all aroun the town,
checkin out all the little sights.
So we ll be back in the mornin
Feelin bad or good
I do what I want and I don t do what I should.

Some of the people that I meet they say they love the mountains best
When I look around in the city I jus see one big wilderness
Squirrels are writin tickets, dolphins drivin cars
Globefish blowin tubas, grizzly bears in the bars

N I gonna go downtown tonight
I m gonna go all aroun the town
I m gonna check out all the sights
I ll be back in the mornin
Feelin bad or good
I do what I want and I don t do what I should.

Yeah, oh but I might get lucky, I might run into my friend Jane
Walk to her apartment in the sooty city rain
Put on a little record, gonna be so long and tall
I m a-gonna be the wallpaper, Jane gonna be the wall

N I wanna go downtown tonight
I wanna go all aroun the town
Wanna check out all the sights.
I ll be back in the mornin
Feelin bad or good
Gonna do what I want and I don t do what I should.

Ain t you ever known that magic hour just before the dawn
When the morning is still sleepy but the night is not yet gone?
And you re walking home from some little joint with somebody you love
With the moon and the stars and the bells and the birds all ring-a ding-a
dong-a up above?

Don t you wanna go downtown, tonight?
Let s go downtown tonight
Let s go all aroun the town
Let s go check out all the sights
An we be back in the mornin
Feelin bad or good
I do what I want and I don t do what I should.

Inne utwory

  • No place away
  • Pound it on down
  • Nice when it rains
  • All the little places
  • Lately
  • Back home again
  • Summer evening
  • Famous friends
  • Lullaby
  • Young Robin
  • Speed trap boogie
  • Milk of the moon
  • Payday
  • Marriage chant
  • Out in the country
  • Just live
  • Our little town
  • Losowe utwory

    Yesterday

    Driving in my car
    Feeling alright
    City lights so bright
    Bring back my memories

    Pictures of that night
    Holding you tight
    Now you’re so far away
    Light-years away from me

    Sometimes I feel
    I feel you by my side
    You are a part of me
    Deep inside
    Oh...

    You and i

    When I look back on all we d said and done
    Was it innocence hungry for what was to come
    No fear in our hearts our days had just begun
    We had nothing to lose we had already won

    I get to thinking about it...

    Monopoli

    Ja, Vater, du bist noch vom ganz alten Schlag,
    seit vierzig Jahren pünktlich – jeden Tag.
    Du warst nie krank und bist noch drauf stolz.
    Na und, was soll s?

    Wann hast du jemals richtig Urlaub gemacht?
    Dein ganzes Leben für n Betrieb mitgedacht.
    Deinen Job macht jetzt ein Stück Silikon.
    Wen juckt das schon?
    Wen juckt das...

    Anyone can see i love you

    Anyone can see I love you
    Anyone can see I care
    The way I hold your hand
    And smile in your direction
    Shows the world my heart is filled
    With nothing but affection

    Lock me in your arms forever
    That is where...

    Sea of gods

    In the world today
    You cannot play
    You know everybody s watchin
    Yea, watchin today

    The world
    Is full of sea creatures
    Heaven
    is full of sea godsssssssssss

    Chorus:

    This is the sea of gods
    This is the sea of gods
    Everywhere we try to...