[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
Downtown girls, man, they're all the same at heart
They're just goin' 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 feelin' sorry for yourself

[Verse 3]
A downtown girl's like a card game
She can bluff a mean twenty-one
I'd sneak her in to all my favorite bars
She can lie to your face through a smile, oh I should've seen it comin'

[Chorus]
Downtown girls are gonna hurt you
They only care about themselves
Downtown girls are gonna desert you
And leave you feelin' sorry for yourself