Music by D. Hall, J. Oates, R. Iantosca
  Lyrics by D. Hall, J. Oates, S. Allen
    Ah yeah,
  Oh, oh, yeah
  No doubt
  Do it downtown in from the outside
  Yeah, find the scene & work it brother
  Moving thru sound
  City's like wild life
  All overgrown & living undercover
  And wound up so tight
    (We love the Downtown Life)
  Downtime life baby
  (Driftin' thru the day waiting for the nite, oh oh)
  Oh
  (Downtown Life)
  (it feels so right)
  Feels so right
  (It keeps me hangin' on, hangin' on)
    So listen now
  Velvet Lou was a neighbor of mine
  Now he walks the dog in Jersey, Brother
  Yuppies in black with the white collar crime
  They scared away the local color
  But they can't steal the nite
    (We love the Downtown Life)
  Downtown life baby
  (Driftin' thru the day waiting for the nite, oh oh)
  Oh
  (Downtown Life it feels so right)
  Feels so right
  (It keeps me hangin' on) on
    (Downtown Life)
  Oh you'll be downtown life baby
  (Drifting thru the day waiting for the nite to come)
  Waiting for the nite to come
  (Downtown Life it feels so right)
  (It keeps me hangin' on)
  Hangin' hangin' hangin' hangin' hangin' on
    My baby knows she's got to go for this kind of life
  `Cause city life can't stand to see the sunlite
  Dawn patrol better leave me alone
  `Cause I can only take it for so long
  Going down isn't hard to do
  The King of Clubs, and the Queen of Hearts fall too
  She says, "If you believe this is only a lonely time,
  Stay at home boy the blues are lost on you"
  Ain't it true
    (We love the Downtown Life)
  Downtown life baby
  (Drifting thru the day waiting for the nite, oh)
  We're waiting for the night to fall
  (Downtown Life it feels so right)
  It feels so right
  (It keeps me hangin' on) on
    (Downtown Life)
  Downtown life baby
  (Drifting thru the day waiting for the nite to come)
  To come
  (Downtown Life)
  And it feels and it feels so right
  (And it feels so right)
  (It keeps me hangin') oh
  Downtown Life
  (Downtown Life it keeps me hangin' on)
  Hangin' hangin' on to Downtown Life
  (Downtown Life it keeps me hangin')
  Hangin' on
  (Downtown Life)
  You want the Downtown Life
  (Drifting thru the day waiting for the night)
  Drifting, waiting, hangin' on hangin' on to Downtown Life
  (Downtown Life it keeps me hangin')
  You want the Downtown Life
  (Downtown Life)
  Hangin' on hangin' on
  (Drifting thru the nite waiting for the night)
  Hangin' on to Downtown Life
  (Downtown Life it keeps me hangin')
  Hangin' on to Downtown Life