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 run and scare
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
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

i saw the stars come out tonight so lonely and immune
summer rain kissed the streets that bleed like open wounds
patrol cars sweep the avenues down on forty eighth
while faces in dark doorways wait to arouse the hate
fan the flames of the city's heat
in dark corners that you never seen
desperation when the trouble flares
alarm guns ring run and scare
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 walking away
baby better walk away
baby better walk away
we'll be busting out someday
baby better walk away
baby better walk away
we'll be busting out someday