Takin' It on Uptown

[Verse 1: Terry Kath]

Walking through the fog on a cold, cloudy night (Yes, I am)

Looking through the smog that surrounds the morning light, yeah

The shades of brown, it gets me down, exactly like my life

I don't deserve this hand I'm dealt; a flush in spades of strife, yeah

[Verse 2: Terry Kath]

I'm tired of speeches that are nothing but a bore (Baby doll)

So I'm rounding up my broken things, heading on out that door-oh-oh

Without no lag, I've packed my bag of discontented frowns

And hopping number eighty-six, the first train that is freedom bound

[Chorus: Bandmates, Terry Kath]

Uptown, yeah

Uptown, gonna get it all out

Uptown

Uptown, inside my brain

Uptown

Uptown

Uptown

Uptown

[Bridge: Terry Kath]

Got my bag of many frowns and I'm taking it on uptown, yeah

Takin' it on up, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Talkin' 'bout a

Big city lights

Funkier nights, baby

Happier days

Are going my way

It should be right

But I'm still uptight

Time I better put down

And get moving on, hey, tell me 'bout a

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus: Terry Kath]

I'm through with the aggravation

Don't deserve this degradation

I'm putting all those negatives down

To hop the train that's freedom bound

[Chorus: Bandmates, Terry Kath]

Uptown, yeah, gonna get it

Uptown, gonna do it all night

Uptown, man, help me

Uptown, move on, get down

Uptown, yeah, ooh

Uptown, yeah, help me moving on

Uptown, good job

Uptown, inside my brain