When you’re alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go – downtown
When you’ve got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know – downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, things’ll be great when you’re
Downtown – no finer place, for sure
Downtown – everything’s waiting for you
Don’t hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows – downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close – downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You’ll be dancing with him too before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown – waiting for you tonight
Downtown – you’re gonna be all right now
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along
So maybe I’ll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go downtown, things’ll be great when you’re
Downtown – don’t wait a minute for
Downtown – everything’s waiting for you
Downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown
Prevod na srpski
Centar grada
Kad si sam i život ti je samotan
Uvek možeš otići u centar
Kad te nešto muči, sva ta buka i strka
Izgleda pomaže, ja znam – centar
Samo slušaj muziku saobraćaja u gradu
Zadrži se na trotoaru gde neonska svetla lepa su
Šta imaš da izgubiš?
Svetla su tamo mnogo sjajnija
Možeš zaboraviti sve svoje nevolje, zaboraviti sve svoje brige
Zato idi u centar, sve će biti odlično kada si
U centru – nema boljeg mesta, sigurno
U centru – sve na tebe čeka
Nemoj dangubiti i dozvoliti da te okruže problemi
Tamo su filmske predstave – u centru
Možda znaš neka mestašca na koja možeš otići
Koja se nikad ne zatvaraju – u centru
Samo slušaj taj ritam nežne bosa nove
Plesaćeš i ti s njim pre kraja noći ove
Opet srećna
Svetla su tamo mnogo sjajnija
Možeš zaboraviti sve svoje nevolje, zaboraviti sve svoje brige
Zato idi u centar, gde sva svetla su sjajna
Centar – večeras na tebe čeka
Centar – sada će sve biti u redu
A možda nađeš nekog ljubaznog da ti pomogne i razume te
Nekog ko je baš kao ti i isto mu treba nežna ruka da ga
vodi
Tako da, možda se vidimo tamo
Možemo zaboraviti na sve naše probleme, zaboraviti sve naše brige
Zato idi u centar, sve će biti odlično kada budeš
U centru – ne časi ni časa za
Centar – svi čekaju tebe
Centar, centar, centar, centar grada