Little Shop Of Horrors - Downtown (Skid Row) Lyrics

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[Woman]
Alarm goes off at seven
and you start uptown.
You put in your eight hours
for the powers that have always been.

[Ronnette]
Sing it, child.

[Woman]
Til it's five p.m.

[Wino #1]
Then you go

[Girls]
Downtown
Where the folks are broke
You go
Downtown
Where your life's a joke
You go
Downtown
When you buy your token, you go-
Home to Skid Row!

Home to Skid Row!

[Wino #2]
Yes, you go

[All]
Downtown

[Italian Man]
Where the cabs don't stop.
[All]
Downtown
[Man]
Where the food is slop.
[All]
Downtown
Where the hop-heads flop in the snow!
Down on Skid Row!

[Girls]
Uptown you cater to a million jerks
Uptown your messengers and mailroom clerks
Eatin' all your lunches at the hot-dog carts
The bosses take your money
And they break your hearts

And uptown you cater to a million whores
You disinfect terrazzo on their bathroom floors
Jobs are really meanial, You'll make no bread
And then at five o'clock you head 

[Wino #3]
By subway

[All]
Downtown
[Audrey]
Where the guys are drips.
[All]
Downtown
[Audrey]
Where they rip your slips.
Downtown
Where relationships are no-go.

[All]
Down on Skid Row!

[Seymour]
Poor!
All my life, I've always been poor!
I keep asking God what I'm for,
And he tells me,
"Gee, I'm not sure...
Sweep that floor, kid"
Oh!
I started life as an orphan,
A child of the street, here on Skid Row!
He took me in, gave me shelter,
A bed, crust of bread, and a job-
Treats me like dirt,
Calls me a slob,
Which I am!
So I live...

[Others]
Downtown
[Seymour]
That's your home address, ya live
[Others]
Downtown
[Seymour]
When your life's a mess, ya live
[Others]
Downtown
[Seymour]
Where depression's jes' status quo!

[Others]
Down on Skid Row!

[Seymour]
Someone show me a way to get outa here
Cause I constantly pray I'll get outa here
Please won't somebody say I'll get outa here
Someone gimme my shot or I'll rot here!

{lyrics A and B are sung at the same time, C and D will be sung at the same time}

[Seymour](A)                              [Others] (B)
Show me how and I will,               Downtown
I'll get outa here                          There's no rules for us,
I'll start climbin' up hill                  Downtown-
and get outa here                        Cause it's dangerous
Someone tell me I still                  Downtown
could get outa here                      Where the rainbow's just
Someone tell lady luck                 A no-show!
that I'm stuck here                      When you live...

[Seymour & Audrey] (C)              [Others](D)
Gee, it sure would                        Downtown
be swell                                      Where the sun don't 
To get outa here                          shine!
Bid the gutter fare-                      Downtown
well                                            Past the bottom 
and get outa here                          line
I'd move heaven and                   Downtown
hell                                             Go ask any wino,
to get outa Skid                           He'll know    
I'd do I-dunno-what                    
to get outa Skid,
But a hell of a lot                         Downtown
to get outa Skid,
People tell me                             Downtown
theres 
not a way outa Skid
But believe me I                          Downtown
gotta get outa...

[All]
Skid Row!

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lyrics submitted by Jake
lyrics corrected by Petrol on 08-07-2007