WOMAN   Alarm goes off at seven    And you start uptown.   You put in your eight hours    For the powers that have always been.   Till it's five P.M.      BUM 1   Then You go      COMPANY   Downtown    Where the folks are broke.   Downtown    Where your life's a joke.   Downtown    When you buy your token,   you go   Home to skid row.       BUM 2   Yes, you go      COMPANY   Downtown   Where the cabs don't stop   Downtown   Where the food is slop   Downtown   Where the hop-heads flop   in the snow   Down on Skid Row      Uptown you cater to a million jerks.   Uptown you're messengers and    mailroom clerks   eating all your lunches at the    hot dog carts.   The bosses take your money    And they break your hearts.      Uptown you cater to a million whores.   You disinfect terrazzo on their    bathroom floors.   Your morning's tribulation,   afternoon's a curse   And five o'clock is even worse      BUM 3   That's when you go      COMPANY AUDREY   Downtown Where the guys are drips.   Downtown Where they rip your slips.   Downtown Where relationships are no go.   Down on skid row Down on skid row   Down on skid row Down on skid row   Down on skid row Down on skid row   Down on skid row! Down on skid row!      SEYMOUR   Poor! All my life I've always been poor.   I keep asking God what I'm for,   and he tells me "Gee, I'm not sure   sweep that floor, kid."   Oh, I started life as an orphan,    a child of the street    Here on skid row.   He took me in, gave me shelter, a bed,    Crust of bread and a job   Treats me like dirt, calls me a slob,    Which I am. COMPANY   So I live Downtown    That's your home address.   Ya live Downtown    When your life's a mess.   Ya live Downtown    Where depressions' jes'    Status Quo.   Down on skid row      Someone show me a way to get    outa here,   'cause I constantly pray I'll get    outa here   Please, won't somebody say I'll get    outa here   Someone gimme my shot or I'll    rot here.      COMPANY SEYMOUR & AUDREY   Downtown There's no rules for us.   Downtown 'Cause it's dangerous.   Downtown Where the rainbow's jus a no-show   Downtown Where the sun don't   Downtown Past the bottom line   Downtown Go ask any wino, he'll know      I'll do I dunno what to get outa skid   Downtown   But a hell of a lot to get outa skid   Downtown   People tell me there's not a way outa skid   Downtown   But believe me I gotta get outa skid      ALL   Row!