Ry Cooder - Down In Hollywood Lyrics
(t. drummond/r. cooder)(c#7)Well, did you hear the good news ?Theres gonna be some bad bluesSomebody said theyre playing all night longSo go and fill your brown bag and put on all your clean ragsLets go downtown and see whats going onYou take me down the vine streetStop when you hear the back beatAnd Ill sneak past the bounccer at the doorNow I know that he aint lookingNot when the band is cookingBecause hes watching the ladies dancing on the floorGoing down in hollywoodYou better hope that you dont run out of gasDown in hollywoodHell drag you right out of your car and kick your assDown in hollywoodTheyre standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like youDown in hollywoodNow, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on throughBe careful, dont look back, keep moving, keep movingWell, the scotch has started flowingAnd some girls she is showing everything shes gotFolks, its a sight!Some men will give a weeks pay if she would just dance down their way and sayBaby, Im gonna take you home with me tonightOutside the streets is shaking and I hear the windows breakingSome poor fools gonna land in jail tonightWell, all those hookers trying to pull your coat and the pimps reach out to cut your throatAint no way out of here without a fight(whats that fool saying ? )Going down in hollywoodYou better hope that you dont run out of gasDown in hollywoodHell drag you right out of your car and kick your assDown in hollywoodTheyre standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like youDown in hollywoodNow, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on throughBe careful, dont look back, keep moving, keep movingVoice of gay male: hi. you know that youre going to get arrested the way that those pants fir around your thighs. oh, come back honey! dont leave now.Voice of pimp: hey, bud. come here, let me talk to you for a second. give me that[sounds of fists, a robbery]Cops comingVoice of policeman (ry): 869 victor. [radio code] jesus, this guys a messVoice of other cop: well, hes just drunk. come on, pick him up, put him in the car and take him downtownWell, his mama told him not to goLittle sister told him tooBut the poor boy just didnt listenLike he should have, thats too badHe hitchhiked all the way from burbankNow, hes gonna end up in drunk tankSome old man say, yeah, well, thats just the way it goes down in hollywoodGoing down in hollywoodYou better hope that you dont run out of gasDown in hollywoodHell drag you right out of your car and kick your assDown in hollywoodTheyre standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like youDown in hollywoodNow, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on throughFor truth! man, Im telling youWell, theyll do anything down in that low-down hollywoodHell be in a world of trouble nowLord, have mercyCan I get a witness
