When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go downtown
When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry

Seems to help, I know, downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty

How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares

So go downtown
Things will be great when you're downtown
No finer place for sure, downtown

Everything's waiting for you
Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows downtown

Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova

You'll be dancing with 'em too before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there

You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown
Where all the lights are bright, downtown

Waiting for you tonight, downtown
You're gonna be alright now, downtown
Downtown

Downtown
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to

Guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares

So go downtown
Things will be great when you're downtown
Don't wait a minute more, downtown

Everything is waiting for you, downtown
Downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown)

Downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown)