Alarm goes off
at seven
And you
start uptown...
You put in
your eight hours
for the powers that
have always been
Till it's five p.m....
Downtown
Where the folks
are broke
You go downtown
Where your life's
a joke
You go downtown
When you buy
your token
You go...
Home to skid row
Downtown
Where the cabs
don't stop
Downtown
Where the
food is slop
Downtown
Where the
hop-heads flop
in the snow
Down on Skid Row
Uptown you cater
to a million jerks
Uptown you're
messengers and
mailroom clerks
Eating all your lunches
at the hot dog carts
The bosses take
your money
and they break
your hearts
And uptown you cater
to a million whores
You disinfect terrazzo
on their
bathroom floors
Your jobs are
really menial
You make no bread
And then at five
o'clock you'll head
Downtown
Where the guys
are drips
Where they
rip your slips
Downtown where
relationships
are no go...
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
Down on skid row...
Poor all my life
I've always been poor
I keep asking God
what I'm for
And he tells me:
Gee I'm not sure
Sweep that floor kid
Oh I started life
as an orphan
A child of the street
Here on skid row
He took me in, gave
me shelter a bed
Crust of bread
and a job
Treats me like dirt
Calls me a slob
Which I am...
So I live
That's your
home address
Ya live
When your
life's a mess
Ya live
Where depressions
just status quo
Someone show me a
way to get outta here
'Cos I constantly pray
I'll get outta here
Please won't
somebody say I'll
get outta here
Someone gimme
my shot or I'll
rot here
Show me how and
I will
I'll get outta here
I'll start climbing uphill
and get outta here
Someone tell me
I still could get
outta here
Someone tell lady luck
that I'm stuck here
Gee it sure would
be swell to get
outta here
You gotta farewell
and get outta here
I'll move heaven
and hell
to get outta Skid
I don't wanna know
what to get
outta Skid
But a hell of a lot
to get outta Skid
People tell me
there's not a way
outta Skid
But believe me
I gotta get
outta Skid Row........