I wait for sundown on the fire escape   And watch the passing cars downstairs   I'm high above Korean groceries   A sublet castle in the air      It's down to cigarettes and rosaries   Christ, I wish someone would call me   Johnny thunders on the radio   Ah but you can't put your arms around a memory      Maybe I could find a better way   But all I need is to feel connected now   Do you remember me   I sang that song you like, I sang that song for free   Now someone else sounds like me   As I make my way downtown      Downtown, oh yeah   Downtown      See the old men on the Bowery   Take the night train to the stars   You can find me in the usual place   Inside the temple bar      I hear that Sally's got a gift for me   I hear she found it on St. Mark's   These days they all just talk like poetry   And shoot their mouths off shooting sparks      Maybe I could find a better way   But all I need now is to feel connected   Do you remember me   I sang that song you like, way back in eighty-three   Number one high as a kite   As I made my way downtown      Downtown, yeah, yeah   To downtown      They've got paper cups for charity   Kools, pills and broken teeth and dope   But I'll take another dry martini   And a chance on hope      And now someone else waits for me   And I got to get downtown      Downtown, oh yeah   Downtown, I'm going way downtown, oh yeah   I'm gonna see the man, I'm going way downtown   See the man, I'm going down yeah   I'm gonna see the man, I'm going downtown   Do you remember me