Downtown

Five years old with a smile on my face Mommas in the kitchen Daddys playin' bass downtown Downtown Dad walks in says Sherry my girl we need to talk Remember that night with John boy Well you know I saw it all and I was scared for the first time Well then one thing led to another and left my mom down on the floor Dad said once you had everything but you chose to be a whore So we're gone, gone to the next town Oh my friends we were gone just like that Well it's been seventeen years since I've seen my mom Five years for my dad and I hear he's tryin' to get a job downtown yet again If it weren't for my grandad I wouldn't be standin here today All the years he spent pushin me sayin boy go on and do your thing downtown Make me proud son Oh and here I am I'm playin downtown Five years old with a smile on my face Mommas in the kitchen Daddys playin' bass downtown --- Downtown - Stoney LaRue