:08:00
''Where they rip your slips
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''Downtown
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''Where relationships are no go
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''Down on Skid Row
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''Down on Skid Row''
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''Poor
All my life l've always been poor
:08:26
''l keep asking God what l'm for
:08:29
''And he tells me, 'Gee, l'm not sure.
:08:33
'''Sweep that floor, kid.'
:08:36
''l started life as an orphan
A child of the street
:08:40
''Here on Skid Row
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''He took me in, gave me shelter, a bed
Crust of bread and a job
:08:48
''Treats me like dirt
Calls me a slob, which l am
:08:55
''So l live
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''Downtown
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''That's your home address
You live
:09:01
''Downtown
:09:03
''When your life's a mess
You live
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''Downtown
:09:07
''Where depression's just...
:09:09
''...status quo
:09:13
''Down on Skid Row
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''Someone show me a way
To get out of here
:09:19
'''Cause l constantly pray
l'll get out of here
:09:24
''Please, won't somebody say
l'll get out of here
:09:28
''Someone give me my shot
Or l'll rot here
:09:32
''Show me how and l will
:09:34
''l'll get out of here
l'll start climbing uphill
:09:38
''And get out of here
:09:40
''Someone tell me
l still could get out of here
:09:44
''Someone tell Lady Luck
That l'm stuck here
:09:48
''Gee, it sure would be swell
To get out of here
:09:51
''Bid the gutter farewell
And get out of here
:09:54
''l'd move heaven and hell
To get out of Skid
:09:57
''l'd do l don't know what
To get out of Skid