downtown girls look pretty in the bar lights downtown girls look pretty after hours they look like trouble and they taste like gin but they smell like dogwood flowers downtown girls man they're all the same at heart they're just going through the motions they'll call you handsome if you buy them a drink they're as empty as a valentine's day without the roses Chorus downtown girls are gonna hurt you they only care about themselves downtown girls are gonna desert you and leave you feeling sorry for yourself Oh yeah they will a downtown girl's like a card game she can bluff a mean 21 i'd sneak her in to all my favourite bars she can lie to your face through a smile i should have seen it coming Chorus downtown girls are gonna hurt you they only care about themselves downtown girls are gonna desert you and leave you feeling sorry for yourself Oh yeah they will a downtown girl man she could have been the one if it was only me she'd chosen she's got these eyes that can turn stars to stone the only problem is she knows it downtown girls are gonna hurt you they only care about themselves downtown girls are gonna desert you and leave you feeling sorry for yourself Oh yeah they will