Lyrics The Boomtown Rats – Walking Down Town

Walking down town, walking down town, walking down
Walking down town, walking down town, walking down
Walking down town, walking down town, walking down
Walking down town, walking down…

It’s strange here
It’s funny in a way
Is it the night that
Makes it this way

Ten thousand streets under a northern sky
And a million stories in a funny clothen city
And I’ve heard every one of them
Not only that!
I’ve been in every one of them
Not only that!
Nobody’s interested anyway

This place stinks like Chicago!
(Jump down, jump down)
It smells of cabbage and grey water
(Jump down, jump down)

It’s steaming here
Oh, It stinks, the place
See through the night
Through the grits of faith
But
I’m walking out, oh!
I’m not afraid
The grass is greener
But the nature’s grey

When the last time had been driven
Those left alive just up and risen

634-5789…
Yep, that’s my number
634-5789…
Why don’t you come by some time, and you know
Dine it up

Someday
Wonder how these things get there
Don’t look
They’ll be laughing anyway
When one mystery makes these things suffer
You eat well
You sleep well
And that’s how some things are these days

Walking down town, walking down town, walking down
Walking down town, walking down town, walking down
Walking down town, walking down town, walking down
Walking down town, walking down town, walking down

I don’t want to think like this
I want to think like an animal
(Jump down, jump down)
I exist
Therefore unhappy
(Jump down, jump down)

You come here to live for your world
Please leave your mess, it’s not magic, girl
Everybody and I have said
Start their hearts with whatever’s left

634-5789…
That’s the number, say it again
634-5789…
You gotta make it over
Sometime when you drop by, you know
Dine me up

Someday
Wonder how these things get there
Don’t look
They’ll be laughing anyway
When one mystery makes these things suffer
You eat well
You sleep well
And that’s how some things are these days

Walking down town, walking down town, walking down
Walking down town, walking down town, walking down
Walking down town, walking down town, walking down
Walking down town, walking down town, walking down
Walking down town, walking down town, walking down…

Sometimes I feel like the first person to step into America
Who looked around and thought
‘What the fuck is this?’

We’re talking uptown here (Walking down town)
We’re talking uptown! (Walking down town)

Walking down town, walking down town, walking down…