Downtown Red Pants and the Sugarman in the Temple Street gloom Drinkin’ Chivas Regal in a four dollar room Just another dead soldier in a powder blue night Sugarman says baby, everything’s alright Goin’ downtown, down downtown Goin’ down downtown Montclaire de Havelin doin’ the St. Vitus dance Lookin’ for someone to chop the lumber in his pants How am I gonna unload all of this ice and all this mink All the traffic in the street, but it’s so hard to think Goin’ downtown, down downtown Goin’ down downtown Frankie’s wearin’ lipstick, Pierre Cardin I swear to God I seen him holdin’ hands with Jimmy Bond Sally’s high on crank and hungry for some sweets Fem in the sheets but she’s butch in the streets Goin’ downtown, down downtown Goin’ down downtown It’s the cool of the evening, the sun’s goin’ down I want to hold you in my arms, I want to push you around I wanna break your bottle and spill out all your charms Come on baby, we’ll set off all the burglar alarms Goin’ downtown, down downtown Goin’ down downtown Red Pants and the Sugarman in the Temple Street gloom Are drinkin’ Chivas Regal in a four dollar room Just another dead soldier in a powder blue night Red Pants says to Sugarman, said everything’s alright Goin’ downtown, down downtown Goin’ down downtown Words and music by Tom Waits ©1980 Fifth Floor Music Inc.

Produced and engineered by Bones Howe 2nd engineer: Geoff Howe Recorded at Filmways / Heider Studio B, Hollywood between June 16 and July 15 1980 Tom Waits: Vocals and electric rhythm guitar Ronnie Barron: Hammond organ Roland Bautista: Electric guitar Larry Taylor: Bass "Big John" Thomassie: Drums Time: 4.42 Track 4 on the album ‘Heartattack and Vine’ 1980