Take Me Downtown
 by Mystery Wagon (Eric Falstrom)
(Tunelist)

C... ... D   G# G

A . . D . . .C
Take me downtown to the courthouse, baby
I'm crazy 'bout this one blonde judge
She snuggled my parents and kissed my cats
And last Christmas, she gave me some fudge

B . . E . . .D
Oh wait - I sure could us a gyro
Stop right in at Myra's
The lady who's there with the cut-short hair
Of her I am desirous

EM . . Am . . .B
She'll never know what it took
To put that arrow straight right through my heart
All I can say the next day
She made a move that made my engine start
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

EM . . Am . . .B
Next Spring, I'll be a king-winged cousin
With a suitcase full of pot
For the next move, prove you've stayed sober
For the whole year, I think not
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

D
Gonna hop a train through the plains in the rain
C                   A
Talk myself to sleep
D
I'll ease in treason of the season for no reason
              C                      A                  G
Give me back my soul to keep - oh oh oh
              C        Bb      Ab     Bb       A
Take me down, down, down, down, downtown
              D        C        Bb      C        B
Keep me down, down, down, down, downtown		 Take me downtown to the strip joints, babe
I got twenty-four hours to live
I'll go around the world with a New York girl
Till they're boxing me up as a stiff

I ain't got no reason just to sit at home
With my tapedeck blaring out loud
Foxy lady, sexy baby, when'll ya quit the "maybe"
Come down off that cloud

I'll know I'm diffferent if I ever get a visit
From the girl who drives me wild
Don't be arranging, different, changing too fast
'Cause you know that's not my style
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

I know what's cookin' when you're lookin'
So pale-faced, crooked without no smile
Call me wise, sharp eyes, big surprise
When you find my chart on file
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Gonna drive a car far to where you are
So I can put my arms around you
I'll know you're bleeding when you're needing
And your pleading
Just to touch me when I've found you
Take me down, down, down, down, downtown
Keep me down, down, down, down, downtown

*As usual Eric kept changing the lyrics over
the years as is demonstrated by the attached
version, but these lyrics are the originals as performed
by Mystery Wagon on Cornucopia in the 90's with a
few JC modifications in the spirit of the ever-evolving
gem.

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