Downtown Boogie - Major Parkinson

Six o’clock time to stop

And count the blisters on my feet

I’ve been swinging at the solitary home

For caviar on plates of chrome

I rub my head eyes going red

I try to picture myself back there

In the eruption of the dreams that turned to lead

On the ivy covered bed

My life’s a downtown boogie every night and day

Lovers come and lovers go, but that is just a part of the play

Now I got new shoes for downtown boogie, the endless cabaret

Cry your little heart out

Everything is gonna be okay, tomorrow

Seven o’clock the sun is up

And like a bullet in a china shop

In these anachronistic hours of today

The belly of the moon is gray

Now there’s nobody here but Fred Astaire

Frank Sinatra, Doris Day

Oh Olivia de Havilland my bride

I’ll keep you by my side

And when you’re feeling blue

Take a ride with the tinkerbelly boy

Step up for some pedestrian city joy

'cause we won’t be here tomorrow

But it sure as hell was fun

My life’s a downtown boogie every night and day

Lovers come and lovers go, but that is just a part of the play

Now I got new shoes for downtown boogie, tap dance and ballet

Cry your little heart out

Everything is gonna be okay, tomorrow