[00:12.76]Downtown
[00:13.95]My darling dime store thief
[00:17.76]In the War of Independence
[00:20.16]Rock 'n' roll rang sweet as victory
[00:23.90]Under neon signs
[00:26.90]A girl was in bloom
[00:29.56]And a woman was fading
[00:32.49]In a suburban room
[00:35.96]I said take me to the dance
[00:37.92]Do you want to dance?
[00:39.42]I love to dance
[00:41.62]And I told him They don't take chances
[00:43.93]They seem so removed from romance
[00:48.19]They've been broken in churches and schools
[00:50.88]And molded to middle class circumstance
[00:53.63]And we were rolling rolling rock 'n' rolling
[01:04.73]Downtown
[01:06.08]The dance halls and cafes
[01:09.65]Feel so wild you could break somebody's heart
[01:12.45]Just doing the latest dance craze
[01:16.69]Gail and Louise
[01:18.63]In those push-up brassieres
[01:21.44]Tight dresses and rhinestone rings
[01:24.51]Drinking up the band's beers
[01:27.51]Young love was kissing under bridges
[01:29.72]Kissing in cars kissing in cafes
[01:33.46]And we were walking down Main Street
[01:35.86]Kisses like bright flags hung on holidays
[01:40.28]In France they kiss on Main Street
[01:41.73]Amour, mama, not cheap display
[01:45.49]And we were rolling, rolling, rock 'n' rolling
[02:06.55]Downtown
[02:08.74]In the pinball arcade
[02:11.69]With his head full of pool hall pitches
[02:14.74]And songs from the hit parade
[02:17.70]He'd be singing "Bye Bye Love"
[02:20.65]While he's racking up his free play
[02:23.45]Let those rock 'n' roll choir boys
[02:26.20]Come and carry us away
[02:29.61]Sometimes Chickie had the car
[02:31.31]Or Ron had a car
[02:32.46]Or Lead Foot Melvin with his hot-wire head
[02:35.32]We'd all go looking for a party
[02:36.27]Looking to raise Jesus up from the dead
[02:41.10]And I'd be kissing in the back seat
[02:43.30]Thrilling to the Brando-like things that he said
[02:46.95]And we'd be rolling rolling rock 'n' rolling