Downtown

    Artist: Lady Antebellum

    Well, all the parties on the streets are talking, store front mannequins sleeping in lights

    We used to smoke while we were jaywalking like it was your birthday every other Saturday night

    Knew the bands so we never paid our cover

    Wrote our names on the bathroom tiles

    We never dressed to impress all the others

    They would let us in on a laidback kind of style

    But boy you know it’s been a while

    I don’t know why you don’t take me downtown like you got anywhere better to be

    Talk it up and give me the go round round like a good time tease

    I’m only counting on your cancellation

    When I should be counting on you at my door

    Did you forget about how we went around,

    I don’t know why you don’t take me downtown anymore

    I got some platforms sitting in the corner

    They wanna stroll on a city sidewalk

    I got a dress that’ll show a little uh but you ain’t getting uh if you don’t come pick me up

    Show me off (wow), you might be tired but I’m not

    I don’t know why you don’t take me downtown like you got anywhere better to be

    Talk it up and give me the go round round like a good time tease

    I’m only counting on your cancellation

    When I should be counting on you at my door

    Did you forget about how we went around,

    I don’t know why you don’t take me downtown anymore

    I don’t know why you don’t take me downtown anymore

    I just don’t get it

    Background

    This is Lady Antebellum’s lead single from their fourth album “Golden.” Instantly catchy with a pop-leaning melody and vocal delivery, “Downtown” tells a story of a woman who wants to know why her man doesn’t bother taking her downtown to the clubs to go out and have some fun. It is just over three minutes of charming, sunny, melodic goodness.