Downtown
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1. When you`re alone
and life is making you lonely,
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you can always
go downtown.
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When you`ve got
worries, all the noise and the hurry
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seems to help, I
know, downtown.
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Just listen to the music of the traffic in
the city,
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linger on the
sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty,
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how can you lose, the lights are much brighter there,
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you can forget all
your troubles, forget all your cares, so go...
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Downtown, things will
be great when you’re,
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downtown, no finer place for sure,
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downtown, everything`s waiting for you.
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+ Downtown.
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2. Don`t hang around
and let your problems surround you,
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there are movie
shows, downtown.
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Maybe you know some little places to go to,
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where they never
close, downtown.
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Just listen to the rhythm of the gentle Bossanova,
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you`ll
be dancing with them, too, before the night is over,
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happy again. The lights are much brighter there,
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you can forget all
your troubles, forget all your cares, so go ...
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Downtown, where all
the lights are bright,
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downtown, waiting for you tonight,
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downtown, you’re gonna be
alright, downtown.
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(orig. moves up half a note to capo 5th here)
+ Downtown.
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3.
Downtown !
(2x)
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And
you may find somebody kind to help and understand you,
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someone who is
just like you and needs a gentle hand to
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guide them
along. So maybe I`ll see you there,
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we can forget all
our troubles, forget all our cares. So go ...
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Downtown, things will
be great when you`re
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downtown, don`t wait a
minute more,
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downtown, everything’s waiting for you.
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+ Downtown (downtown) ! (4x) ....
(orig. = capo
4th) (Petula
Clark)