Chinatown

歌詞

TAKE THE CABLE CAR TO JACKSON IT'S A FRIDAY NIGHT AFFAIR MADAME ROSE'S LEDGENDARY HONYCOMB WITH AN OUNCE OF INTUITION YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR THIS OAKLAND BOY HAS FOUND A PLACE TO ROAM AS UNFAMILIAR FACES WATCH EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE AND AT MIDNIGHT GANGS ARE SNAKING THROUGH THE ALLEYWAY WHERE THEY USED TO PLAY DOWN IN CHINATOWN WHERE THE NIGHTS ARE ALWAYS LONGER THEN THE DAYS DOWN IN CHINATOWN WITH THE DRAGON EYES THAT OVERLOOK THE BAY THERE'S A LAYER BELOW THE CITY WHERE THE BOTTOM DWELLERS GO TRYING TO BUY THAT THRILL THEY'VE NEVER KNOWN A WOMAN POURS THE ABSYNTH AS THE PAPER LANTERNS GLOW I THINK THIS JONES IS BETTER LEFT ALONE THE CORRIDORS ARE ENDLESS IT'S NOT HARD TO LOSE YOUR WAY WHILE OLD MEN SMOKE AND GAMBLE INTO SATURDAY DO YOU WANT TO PLAY DOWN IN CHINATOWN WHERE THE NIGHTS ARE ALWAYS LONGER THEN THE DAYS DOWN IN CHINATOWN WITH THE DRAGON EYES THAT OVERLOOK THE BAY IF THE CALIFORNIA STREET LINE IS THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT WANT TO PAY IT SAFE DOWN ON GRANT AVENUE WHERE IT WAITS FOR YOU DOWN IN CHINATOWN WHERE THE NIGHTS ARE ALWAYS LONGER THEN THE DAYS DOWN IN CHINATOWN WITH THE DRAGON EYES THAT OVERLOOK THE BAY