[Crystal] Til it's five P. M. [Wino #1] Then you go
[Downtown Girls] Downtown Where the folks are broke You go Downtown Where your life's a joke You go Downtown When you buy your token, you go- Home to Skid Row! Home to Skid Row!
[Wino #1] yes, you go
[All] Downtown [Crystal] Where the cabs don't stop. [All] Downtown [Mushnik] Where the food is slop. [All] Downtown Where the hop-heads flop in the snow! Down on Skid Row!
[Girls] Uptown you cater to a million jerks Uptown your messengers and mailroom clerks Eatin' all your lunches at the hot-dog carts The bosses take your money And they break your hearts
And 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-
[Wino #1] That's when you go [All] Downtown [Audrey] Where the guys are drips. [All] Downtown [Audrey] Where they rip your slips. Downtown Where relationships are no-go.
[All] 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! So I live...
[Others] Downtown [Seymour] That's your home address, ya live [Others] Downtown [Seymour] When your life's a mess, ya live [Others] Downtown [Seymour] Where depression's jes' status quo! [Others] Down on Skid Row!
[Seymour] 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!
{lyrics A and B are sung at the same time, C and D will be sung at the same time}
[Seymour]{A} Show me how and I will, I'll get outa here I'll start climbin' up hill and get outa here Someone tell me I still could get outa here Someone tell lady luck that I'm stuck here
[Cast]{B} Downtown There's no rules for us Downtown- Cause it's dangerous Downtown Where the rainbow's just a no-show when you live...
[Seymour & Audrey]{C} Gee, it sure would be swell to get outa here Bid the gutter farewell and get outa here I'd move heaven and hell to get outa Skid I'd do I-dunno-what to get outa Skid But a hell of a lot to get outa Skid People tell me theres Not a way outa Skid But believe me I gotta get outa
[Cast] {D} Downtown Where the sun don't shine! Downtown Past the bottom line Down town Go ask any whino, he'll know