the same old loose lipped cannon speaks for you today,
alone without your talent there's not much to say,
all these arguments are meaningless today
and the reasons why they've vanished in the haze,

calling downtown, calling downtown,
no reasons do they owe you
tell me how'd you think it came to be
calling downtown, calling downtown
how they came to love you when you didn't want to set them free.

we don't forgive to know you will you ever see
no reasons do we owe you
how'd it come to be
the leaves have lost their shadows deep amongst the grey.
i hope that you'll be friendly i heard someone say.

calling downtown, calling downtown,
no reasons do they owe you
tell me how'd you think it came to be
calling downtown, calling downtown
how they came to love you when you didn't want to set them free.

it's a stranger
calling downtown, calling downtown,
the further away you get.

it's easy to start from the back of the line
where there's no one to tell you you're still behind,
it's a stranger the further away you get
and you never miss your friends until you can't relate
to the people beside you here today
it seems stranger the further away you get
calling downtown