They used to call it Sin City
now it's gone way past that.
Painting the town

and then burning it down
now even that's old hat.
Now there's a choir of angels

at the fall of Rome
singing "Ave Maria"
or "Home Sweet Home"


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It's just a heathen town

I hear only evil
as my tongue is tightened.
I used to be god-fearing

now I'm so frightened
'cause the devil will drag you under
by the sharp tailfin

of your checkered cab
And I can't sit down,
I'm going overboard

in this heathen town.

It starts as a flirtation

and ends up as an expensive habit.
With one eye on her place
in debtor's prison

And the other on a girl
dressed as a rabbit.
Now you can live forever

endure fits and starts
The only stake you cannot raise
Is the one driven through your heart.


[Chorus]