Story Behind The Song
Life's as we all know can be a bitch, but life for Trish (who is a girl I met while riding the yellow train from Long Beach to downtown LA for 5 days to go to work while my car was in the shop getting worked on) was a scary and complicated bitch. Trish was a call girl, an attractive one with dreams of being in Hollywood.
Song Description
Downtown Trish is inspired by true events that happened over 5 days while taking the train to work between Long Beach and Downtown Los Angeles.
| Song Length |
4:58 |
Genre |
R & B - Funk, Rock - Hard Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless, Troubled |
Subject |
Prostitution, Show Biz |
| Similar Artists |
Prince, Lenny Kravitz |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Met this girl she was workin on a train
Smart girl all she did was complain
She started talkin to me about what she wanted to do....
You see
I met this girl she had a mouth
she talked about you
and put everybody down
She mentioned often that the people didn't know her groove
Livin' in a whirlwind of make believe
She hates the gutter
she wanted to leave
She talks about the dreams she'd pursue
She works the park 9 to 5
but she wanted out
cause the place just brought her down
Wondering if one day it would all come true...
Pre-Chorus:
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah...
Chorus:
She was workin on the downtown
She was workin for you
She was workin in the street life
just to get her through (She had too)
Going downtown
no matter her mood
She was workin for a better life
but she had to go down down down down......
Such a scene
what ya do for a dream
You do it all but you barely think
You do what it is you got to do
You lose your mind
it's like a crime
Everytime
Oh, the sacrifice
Making everything bad
hoping you don't lose
You take it in as it comes
Never feeling No!
You're giving all
but you're stealing 'cause
what you used to feel
Now it's just abuse!
This shits crazy
Gimme a sign
Oh, help me find
Need to score me a dime
Oh my my....
Pre-Chorus:
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah...
Chorus:
She was workin on the downtown
She was workin for you
She was workin in the street life
just to get her through (She had too)
Going downtown
no matter her mood
She was workin for a better life
but she had to go down down down down