We used to call it Sin City
Now it's gone way past that
Painting the town and then burning it down
And even that's old hat
Now there's a choir of angles at the fall of Rome
Singing "Ave Maria"
Or "Home Sweet Home"
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
Starts as an 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
In your fits and starts
But the only stake you cannot raise
Is the one driven through your heart
It's just a heathen town
I hear only evil as my tongue is tightened
I used to be god-fearing
Now I'm, 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
And I can't sit down
I'm going overboard in this heathen town
In this heathen town
In this heathen town
In this heathen town
In this heathen town
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