Lyrics to
Don’t Look Down

This version of Don’T Look Down was released by Iggy Pop in 1979.

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don’t look down
they’re making sorta crazy sounds
don’t look down no
don’t know who else came to kneel
on this empty battlefield
but when i hear that crazy s0und i don’t look down
from central park to shanty town
i always hear that crazy sound
from new york to shanty town
there’s always something else
don’t look down. no

i went this morning to the cemetary
to see old rudy valentino buried
lipstick traces on his name
he never looked down
’cause they were making crazy sounds
from central park to shanty town
he always heard that crazy sound
there’s always something else
don’t look down. no

when i see you standing there
i can’t see the clothes you wear
i just hear that crazy sound
and i can’t look down
i’ve always heard that crazy sound
from new york to shanty town
there’s always something else
don’t look down. no
don’t look down
ddn’t look. don’t look down

no i won’t be bored i won’t be there
look at life it s no piece of cake

when i hear that crazy sound
i don’t look down
from central park to sl-lantr town
i lways hear rhat crazr soljnd
fiolq new rork to shanty town
there’s always something else
don’t look down. no
don’t look down
ddn’t look. don’t look down

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About Lyrics and Don’T Look Down by Iggy Pop

The lyrics to Don’T Look Down are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Iggy Pop in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Don’T Look Down are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Iggy Pop and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Don’T Look Down back when it was created.

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