Well did you hear the good news 
 
 There's gonna be some bad blues 
 
 Somebody sat down and played it all night long 
 
 So go on and fill your brown bag 
 
 Put on all your clean rags 
 
 Let's go downtown and see what's goin'on 
 
 Bing, take me down to Vine Street 
 
 Stop when you hear the back beat 
 
 We'II sneak on past the bouncer at the door 
 
 Now I know he ain't lookin' 
 
 Not when that band is cookin' 
 
 'Cause he's watchin' the ladies dancin' on the floor
 
  
  CHORUS: 
  
 
 Down In Hollywood 
 
 Better hope that you don't run out of gas 
 
 Down In Hollywood 
 
 They'll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass
 
 In Hollywood 
 
 There standing on a corner just waiting for a sucker like you
 
 Down In Hollywood 
 
 If you wanna stay healthy, keep a movin' right on through 
  
 
 This stuff just started flowin' 
 
 And some girl she is showin everything she's got 
 
 Ooh it's a sight 
 
 Some men would 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" 
  
 
 Now, outside the streets are shakin' 
 
 I hear a couple windows breakin' 
 
 Some poor fools gonna land himself in jail tonight 
 
 Well all the hookers tryin' to pull your coat 
 
 All the pimps reach out to cut your throat 
 
 There ain't no way out of here without a fight 
  
 
 (REPEAT CHORUS) 
  
 
 Now Grandma told him not to go 
 
 Little sister told him too 
 
 But the poor boy just didn't listen like he should, that's too bad 
 
 Hitchhiked all the way from Burbank 
 
 Now he's gonna end up in the drunk tank 
 
 Some old man say "Well that's the way it goes Down in Hollywood" 
 
 (REPEAT CHORUS)
 
 Down in Hollywood Down in Hollywood Ooh down in Hollywood 
 
 Down in Hollywood Down in Hollywood Ooh in Hollywood 
 
 Down in Hollywood Down in Hollywood Down in Hollywood