Ry Cooder - Down In Hollywood Lyrics

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Well, did you hear the good news?
Theres gonna be some bad blues
Somebody said theyre playing all night long
So go and fill your brown bag and put on all your clean rags
Lets go downtown and see whats going on

You take me down the Vine Street
Stop when you hear the back beat
And Ill sneak past the bounccer at the door
Now I know that he aint looking
Not when the band is cooking
Because hes watching the ladies dancing on the floor

Going down in Hollywood
You better hope that you dont run out of gas
Down in Hollywood
Hell drag you right out of your car and kick your ass
Down in Hollywood
Theyre standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you
Down in Hollywood
Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through
Be careful, dont look back, keep moving, keep moving

Well, the scotch has started flowing
And some girls she is showing everything shes got
Folks, its a sight!
Some men will give a weeks pay if she would just dance down their way and say
Baby, Im gonna take you home with me tonight
Outside the streets is shaking and I hear the windows breaking
Some poor fools gonna land in jail tonight
Well, all those hookers trying to pull your coat and the pimps reach out to cut your throat
Aint no way out of here without a fight
Whats that fool saying?

Hi. You know that youre going to get arrested the way that those pants fit around your thighs. Oh, come back honey! Dont leave now.

Hey, bud. Come here, let me talk to you for a second. Give me that

Cops coming

869 Victor

Jesus, this guys a mess

Well, hes just drunk. Come on, pick him up, put him in the car and take him downtown

Well, his mama told him not to go
Little sister told him too
But the poor boy just didnt listen
Like he should have, thats too bad
He hitchhiked all the way from Burbank
Now, hes gonna end up in drunk tank
Some old man say, Yeah, well, thats just the way it goes down in Hollywood

For truth! Man, Im telling you
Well, theyll do anything down in that low-down Hollywood
Hell be in a world of trouble now
Lord, have mercy
Can I get a witness