Alarm goes off at seven
and you start uptown
You put in your eight hours
For the powers
that have always been
'Til it's 5 PM
Then you go
Downtown
Where the folks are broke
You go downtown
Where your life's a joke
You go downtown
Where you buy your
token you go
Home to skid row
Home to skid row
Yes you go
Downtown
Where the cabs don't stop
Downtown
Where the food is slop
Downtown
Where the hopheads 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
The morning's tribulation
Afternoon's a curse
And 5 o'clock is even worse
That's where you go
Downtown
Where the guys are drips
Downtown
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 askin' 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
You live
When your life's a mess
You live
Where depression's
just status quo
Someone show me a way
to get outta here
'Cause 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 climbin' 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
Bid the gutter farewell
and get outta here
I'd move heaven and hell
to get outta skid
I'd do I dunno what
to get outa skid
But a **** of a lot
to get outta skid
People tell me there's not
a way outta skid
But believe me I've gotta
get outta skid row