(T. Drummond/R. Cooder) 

(C#7) 



Well, did you hear the good news ? 

There's gonna be some bad blues 

Somebody said they're playing all night long 

So go and fill your brown bag and put on all your clean rags 

Let's go downtown and see what's going on 



You take me down the Vine Street 

Stop when you hear the back beat 

And I'll sneak past the bounccer at the door 

Now I know that he ain't looking 

Not when the band is cooking 

Because he's watching the ladies dancing on the floor 



Going down in Hollywood 

You better hope that you don't run out of gas 

Down in Hollywood 

He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass 

Down in Hollywood 

They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you 

Down in Hollywood 

Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through 

Be careful, don't look back, keep moving, keep moving 



Well, the scotch has started flowing 

And some girls she is showing everything she's got 

Folks, it's a sight! 

Some men will give a week's pay if she would just dance down their way and say 

"Baby, I'm gonna take you home with me tonight" 

Outside the streets is shaking and I hear the windows breaking 

Some poor fool's gonna land in jail tonight 

Well, all those hookers trying to pull your coat and the pimps reach out to cut your throat 

Ain't no way out of here without a fight 

(What's that fool saying ?) 



Going down in Hollywood 

You better hope that you don't run out of gas 

Down in Hollywood 

He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass 

Down in Hollywood 

They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you 

Down in Hollywood 

Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through 

Be careful, don't look back, keep moving, keep moving 



Voice of gay male: "Hi. You know that you're going to get arrested the way that those pants fir around your thighs. Oh, come back honey! Don't leave now." 

Voice of pimp: "Hey, bud. Come here, let me talk to you for a second. Give me that" 

[Sounds of fists, a robbery] 

"Cops coming" 

Voice of policeman (Ry): "869 Victor." [radio code] "Jesus, this guy's a mess" 

Voice of other cop: "Well, he's just drunk. Come on, pick him up, put him in the car and take him downtown" 



Well, his mama told him not to go 

Little sister told him too 

But the poor boy just didn't listen 

Like he should have, that's too bad 

He hitchhiked all the way from Burbank 

Now,  he's gonna end up in drunk tank 

Some old man say, "Yeah, well, that's just the way it goes down in Hollywood" 



Going down in Hollywood 

You better hope that you don't run out of gas 

Down in Hollywood 

He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass 

Down in Hollywood 

They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you 

Down in Hollywood 

Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through 



For truth! Man, I'm telling you 

Well, they'll do anything down in that low-down Hollywood 

He'll be in a world of trouble now 

Lord, have mercy 

Can I get a witness