Patty Smyth sings the Tom Waits song 'Downtown Train' from her 1987 Columbia album 'Never Enough'. The official music video for this Patty Smyth cover is well worth a look, but this is one of five versions of this song I want to do videos for, all somewhat different but using the same images since they fit reasonably well. The lyrics are in the video and listed below. [CD/Lyrics/27-Images].


Downtown Train (Patty Smyth Version)

Outside another yellow moon
Punched a hole in the nighttime, yeah
I climb through the window and down through the street
And I'm shining like a new dime

The downtown trains are full
With all those Brooklyn girls
They try so hard to break out of their little worlds

You wave your hand and they scatter like crows
They have nothing that'll ever capture your heart
They're just thorns without the rose
Oh, be careful of them in the dark

Oh, if I was the one
You chose to be your only one
Can't you hear me now?
Can't you hear me now?

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train?
Every night is just the same
You leave me lonely now

I know your window, I know it's late
I know your stairs and your doorway
I walk down your street and past your gate
I stand by the light of the four-way

You watch them as they fall
And they all catch heart-attacks
They stay at the carnival, baby
But they'll never win you back

Will I see you tonight, baby, on a downtown train?
Every night, every night is just the same
You leave me lonely now

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train?
My dreams just fall like rain
All upon a downtown train

Outside another yellow moon
Punched a hole in the nighttime, yeah
I climb through the window and down through the street
I'm shining like a new dime

The downtown trains are full
With all those Brooklyn girls
Can't you hear me now?
Can't you hear me now?

Will I see you tonight, baby, on a downtown train?
Every night, every night is just the same
You leave me lonely now

Will I see you tonight on a downtown train ?
All my dreams just fall like rain
All upon a downtown train

Songwriter: Tom Waits

© Jalma Music

[Lyrics adapted from LyricFind]

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