Ry Cooder - Down In Hollywood Lyrics






Well, did you hear the good news?
There's gonna be some bad blues
Somebody said they're playing all night long
So go and fill your brown bag and put on all your clean rags
Let's go downtown and see what's going on

You take me down the Vine Street
Stop when you hear the back beat
And I'll sneak past the bouncer at the door
Now I know that he ain't looking
Not when the band is cooking
Because he's watching the ladies dancing on the floor

Going down in Hollywood
You better hope that you don't run out of gas
Down in Hollywood
He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass
Down in Hollywood
They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you
Down in Hollywood
Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through
Be careful, don't look back, keep moving, keep moving

Well, the scotch has started flowing
And some girls she is showing everything she's got
Folks, it's a sight!
Some men will give a week's pay if she would just dance down their way and say
"Baby, I'm gonna take you home with me tonight"
Outside the streets is shaking and I hear the windows breaking
Some poor fool's gonna land in jail tonight
Well, all those hookers trying to pull your coat and the pimps reach out to cut your throat
Ain't no way out of here without a fight
(What's that fool saying?)

Going down in Hollywood
You better hope that you don't run out of gas
Down in Hollywood
He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass
Down in Hollywood
They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you
Down in Hollywood
Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through
Be careful, don't look back, keep moving, keep moving

"Hi. You know that you're going to get arrested the way that those pants fit around your thighs. Oh, come back honey! Don't leave now"

"Hey, bud. Come here, let me talk to you for a second. Give me that"

"Cops coming"

"869 Victor"

"Jesus, this guy's a mess"

"Well, he's just drunk. Come on, pick him up, put him in the car and take him downtown"

Well, his mama told him not to go
Little sister told him too
But the poor boy just didn't listen
Like he should have, that's too bad
He hitchhiked all the way from Burbank
Now, he's gonna end up in drunk tank
Some old man say, "Yeah, well, that's just the way it goes down in Hollywood"

Going down in Hollywood
You better hope that you don't run out of gas
Down in Hollywood
He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass
Down in Hollywood
They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you
Down in Hollywood
Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through

For truth! Man, I'm telling you
Well, they'll do anything down in that low-down Hollywood
He'll be in a world of trouble now
Lord, have mercy
Can I get a witness





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  1. e.... a....

    Every time I listen to this Ilike it more and more!

  2. C.... B....

    adore this man

  3. i.... i....

    when is this goona be on dvd i ask?

  4. l.... ....

    What a blast:):)

  5. M.... S....

    i saw Flaco at the Band on the Wall in Manchester long ago. You had to dance

  6. d.... g....

    Ry has been the greatest of musicians for one helluva long time!

  7. h.... g....

    Raw, funky, sweaty groove. Screw the jumbo trons, auto tune vocals and laser shows- this is what it's all about chill-ren.

    h.... g....

    FUCKIN' AY!

  8. h.... g....

    Righteous drummer and background vocals. I caint stop my feets from movin!

  9. b.... d....

    Poor Ry must be tormented what with all this #Winning and #MAGA.

  10. B.... D....

    A brilliant effort that transcends all known categories — music, filmography, video production, biography, pick ‘em — to create a prismatically unique force so powerful, joyous and transformational that I doubt we’ll ever experience anything like it again.

  11. h.... g....

    Look out I can't stop my feets!

  12. D.... T....

    From early on and evermore playing today!! Ry Cooder has taken music of so many varieties and colors to some many ears who appreciate great grooves, stories, and tremendous improvisation!! Muahs RY!! Don't stop!! Don't stop!! Never Stop!!!

  13. S.... ....

    Superb!!!

  14. D.... C....

    There are TWO rock memoirs I'd like to see....Ry's is one, JIM FREAKIN' KELTNER is the other....can you imagine the stories?

  15. C.... W....

    wow....love this...

  16. s.... l....

    Did Jim Keltner play in EVERY great touring band, and EVERY great studio record of the 70's and 80's?? The guy is everywhere! Fine, fine stuff. Thanks for sharing cristian julian coco!

    s.... l....

    s lee he is something I don't know why

    s.... l....

    i think so. the man is ace

  17. M.... N....

    LLLLLOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  18. C.... M....

    Hell, I'd of paid the price of a concert for just that 17 minutes.

  19. A.... O....

    Randy Newman on bass?

    A.... O....

    Jorge Calderon, I think, who played with David Lindley.

    A.... O....

    And Warren Zevon.

  20. P.... T....

    Perhaps the greatest band introduction ever? Think so. Bloody great performance.

  21. D.... L....

    Can't tell you how much I love this one!

  22. L.... B....

    This song convinced me not to go to Hollywood.

  23. c.... s....

    does any body think he practiced A LOT!

  24. p.... ....

    The solos are just brilliantly understated.....these guys know how to do it.

    p.... ....

    pretorious700 Right on the money!

  25. J.... J....

    Incredible, band incredible groove. I long for time travel just to see Ry and this band right then...

    J.... J....

    +James Jatkevicius When you find that time machine, will you please come by and pick me up?

    J.... J....

    i did. not time travel. just saw this tour.

  26. c.... i....

    wonderful concert! how nice it would be if all life had just music!

  27. c.... i....

    RY Cooder Is brilliant, the guys in the band are magical !