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Downtown - Petula Clark (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Downtown (Petula Clark, 1964). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-07-26. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"
"Downtown," written by Tony Hatch, was Petula Clark's first entry onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart; the song rose to the no. 1 position in 1964/1965 (Whitburn, 2013) and no. 2 in the UK; it also received the 1965 Grammy for Best Rock & Roll Recording and was nominated for Best New Artist and Record of the Year; additionally, she was nominated the following year (1966) for Best Vocal Performance (female) for her performance of "Downtown" (imdb, 2022). Writer Hatch has stated that Tony Hatch, the song was inspired during his first trip to New York while walking down Broadway (songfacts, 2022). "On the surface, this song is about having a delightful time during a trip downtown. But what happens when the night is over and the singer returns to her everyday life? After all, the trip into the city is merely an escape;" during an interview with Songfacts, Clark claimed: "I've always thought there was this loneliness and there's even a slight feeling of desperation in [the song]" (2022).
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Lyrics:
When you're alone, and life is making you lonely
You can always go
Downtown
When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know
Downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown, no finer place for sure
Downtown everything's waiting for you
Downtown
Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows
Downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close
Downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with him too before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown, waiting for you tonight
Downtown, you're gonna be alright now
Downtown, downtown
Downtown
Downtown
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown, don't wait a minute for
Downtown, everything's waiting for you
Downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown
Downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown
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