Hiss Golden Messenger Down At The Uptown Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It was a real live world, and I wanna live in it
I  got up [?] place just like this
Christmas  lights, but nobody gave a shit, I guess
Was a real live world, and I wanna live in it

[Chorus]
So if I'm a stranger now
And  runnin' on my own time
It's  'cause I made a vow
Down at the Uptown

[Verse 2]
[?]  on the radio
Trouble's in the bathroom sleeping off a bad one

[?] [Selling Roses?] out the back door
It was a real live world, and I wanna live in it

[Chorus]
So  if I'm a stranger now
And runnin' on my own time
It's 'cause I made a vow
Down at the Uptown

[Verse 3]
Mama, I'm standing on the ledge-i-o
Run, jump, or fly? I think I caught a bad one
I guess we only get so many chances to shine
It was a real live world and I wanna live in it

[Chorus]
So if I'm a stranger now
And runnin' on my own time
It's 'cause I made a vow
Down at the Uptown

So if I'm a stranger now
And runnin' on my own time
It's 'cause I made a vow
Down at the Uptown