Skulking in the mean streets whispering in the halls

Redlight bandits on the corner give no quarter calls

Infectious garbage fills the streets and in their eyes you know

A thin blue line bends and breaks stop the overflow



* Fan the flames of the city's heat

In dark corners that you never seen

Desperation when the trouble flares

/Alarm guns ring/ ["Well I'm Gonna Scream"] running scared



And you're long gone, down in this hell

Long gone down in this hell

So baby won't you hold me tight

Let your softness fill my night

We've got a dream don't let it slip away

In your eyes I can see the fear

This town never sheds a tear

We're gonna be /out someday/walking away



People looking for the holy one,

Some kind of hero or a prophet to come

Visionaries dance the night away



There's no tomorrow living for today

But you're long gone down in this hell

Long gone down in this hell



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I saw the stars come out tonight so lonely and immune

Summer rain kissed the streets that bleed like /open wounds/ ["old balloons"]

Patrol cars sweep the avenues down on Forty Eighth

While faces in dark doorways wait to arouse the hate



* Repeat



** Baby better walk away

Baby better walk away

We'll be busting out someday



** repeat



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