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