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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