Downtown Canon Lyrics

Song	Downtown Canon
Artist	Walter Becker
Album	Circus Money
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	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 — Didn'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
	‘S'cuse 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

	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 halfcrazed painter fool
	in some damn bar
	Cocaine dreams and chibachiba nights
	You had to share his world in shades of
	black and white Didn' cha baby?
	Yes I it' s a real good theory
	Can you live with the daytoday
	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
	' S' cuse 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

	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 halfcrazed painter fool
	in some damn bar
	Cocaine dreams and chibachiba nights
	You had to share his world in shades of
	black and white Didn' cha baby?
	Yes I it' s a real good theory
	Can you live with the daytoday
	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
	' S' cuse 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

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