Greg Brown - Downtown lyrics

Well, yes, I could stay home, read a book or two Try to get a little bit better at some of these bad things I do But the night it is young; so am I for a while So I put on my hat and coat and pants and my boots and smile And I'm a gonna go [Chorus:] Downtown, downtown tonight I'm a gonna go all around the town, check out all the sights I will be back in the mornin', feelin' bad or good Well, I do what I want, and I don't do what I should Well, some people tell me that they love the mountains best Far as I can see it's just one big wilderness I've seen squirrels writin' tickets, dolphins drivin' cars Blowfish blowin' tubas, grizzly bears in the bars And I'm a gonna go [Chorus] Well now if you've ever checked it out, you know just 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 ya wanna go [Chorus] Yes, I might get lucky, run into my friend, Jane Walk to her apartment in the shiny city rain Put on a little record; I get so long and tall I wish I was the wallpaper; Jane could be the wall And I'm a gonna go [Chorus] Yeah and when those lights come up, so soon, so soon We might sit and play some music in that trashed-out livin' room Keep playin' that music 'til the dawn's early light Laugh like no one's business Man ain't that the life And I'm a gonna go [Chorus] Have you ever known the magic hour just before the dawn? When the mornin' is still sleeping, but the night is not yet gone And you're walkin' home from some little joint with someone you love With the moon and stars and the bells and birds all ringin' up above Don't ya wanna go [Chorus]