Downtown Canon

I cracked the code and I knew what it's all about

We found the loft on Greene Street, swept that bad boy out

Alsatian wine, playing records way past four

Making some crazy soulful love on the hard wood floor

Where did our love go?

You hung the picture of young Dizzy on the wall

According to me that was the best day of them all

Sweet, sweet words like honey from the tongue

Yes, there was magic then in every song we sung

Hey, don't let 'em kid you, stay cool it'll be all right

Don't trade today for tomorrow, tomorrow for tomorrow night

You chop wood, carry the water, sometimes it be that way

No lie, the downtown canon so wild so fresh so free

Stand by the downtown canon, I say that it's got to be

Chasing sensation to remind us who we are

You met that half-crazed painter fool in some damn bar

Cocaine dreams and chiba-chiba nights

You had to share his world in shades of black and white

Did'nt'cha baby?

Yes, I, it's a real good theory, can you live with the day to day?

Sure thing, no problemo, sometimes it be that way

You go girl, it's now or never, no one holds out that long

Says here in the downtown canon keep it real, it'll be okay

Right here, the downtown canon, could it be any other way?

Packed up the Dylan and the Man Ray and the Joyce

I left a note that said, well, I guess I got no choice

Excuse me, girl, while I'm kickin' it to the curb

I'm leaving with all I need but less than I deserve

She says, poor everybody, never mind for me and you

Too bad she don't remember, too bad that I still do

It all goes wrong in a hurry, you know it's the second law

Writ large in the downtown canon, it goes up and it must come down

Right here, the downtown canon, catch you on the turnaround