Well, did you hear the good news ?
There's gonna be some bad blues
Somebody said they're playing all night long

So go and fill your brown bag and put on all your clean rags
Let's go downtown and see what's going on


You take me down the Vine Street
Stop when you hear the back beat
And I'll sneak past the bounccer at the door

Now I know that he ain't looking
Not when the band is cooking
Because he's watching the ladies dancing on the floor


Chorus:


Going down in Hollywood
You better hope that you don't run out of gas
Down in Hollywood

He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your $$#
Down in Hollywood
They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you

Down in Hollywood
Now, if you want to stay healthy just
keep a-moving right on through

Be careful, don't look back, keep moving, keep moving

Well, the scotch has started flowing

And some girls she is showing everything she's got
Folks, it's a sight!
Some men will give a week's pay if she would

just dance down their way and say
Baby, I'm gonna take you home with me tonight
Outside the streets is shaking and I hear the windows breaking

Some poor fool's gonna land in jail tonight
Well, all those hookers trying to pull
your coat and the pimps reach out to

cut your throat
Ain't no way out of here without a fight


Chorus:

Going down in Hollywood

You better hope that you don't run out of gas
Down in Hollywood
He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your $$#

Down in Hollywood
They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you
Down in Hollywood

Now, if you want to stay healthy just
keep a-moving right on through
Be careful, don't look back, keep moving, keep moving


Well, his mama told him not to go
Little sister told him too

But the poor boy just didn't listen
Like he should have, that's too bad
He hitchhiked all the way from Burbank

Now, he's gonna end up in drunk tank
Some old man say, well, that's just the
way it goes down in Hollywood"


Chorus:


Going down in Hollywood
You better hope that you don't run out of gas
Down in Hollywood

He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your $$#
Down in Hollywood
They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you

Down in Hollywood
Now, if you want to stay healthy just
keep a-moving right on through


For truth! Man, I'm telling you
Well, they'll do anything down in that low-down Hollywood

He'll be in a world of trouble now
Lord, have mercy
Can I get a witness