The Boomtown Rats — Walking Downtown

[Walking downtown] It's strange here, it's funny in a way Is it the night air makes it this way 10,000 streets under an orange sky And a million stories in a fully clothed city And i've heard every one of them [Not only that] I've been every one of them [Not only that] Nobody's interested anyway This place stinks like Chicago [Junkie town, junkie town] It smells of cabbage and grey water [Junkie town, junkie town] There's fear round here It steams the place up Seeping out through the cracks and basements But i'm walking out No i'm not afraid The grass is greener on the newest graves When the last jive had been jiven Those left alive just upped and risen From the damp walls and clammy tongues And the quickly cooling sweat of lousy sex Huh? [6345789] Yeah that's my number [6345789] Why don't you come by some time And you know, dial it up Some day you wonder how these things begin Don't look, it'll happen anyway When one thing leads to maybe 5 or 6 You eat well, you sleep well, and that's saying something these days Walking downtown I don't want to think like this I wanna think like an animal [Junkie town, junkie town] I exist, therefore i'm happy [Junkie town, junkie town] If you come here to look for your world Please leave your muscles with the hat check girl Everybody in the Eyelash Set Start their hearts with whatever's left [6345789] That's the number, say it again [6345789] You gotta make note of it Some time when you drop by You know, dial it up Walking downtown Sometimes I feel like i'm the first person to set foot in America Who looked around and thought What the fuck is this?