[Verse 1]
I wound up talking with your wife
She says you've got another life
Thought you'd finally settled down
But you keep on going 'round
To the dark side of town

[Verse 2]
She says you promise not to stray
Then you make your getaway
And she prays for it to pass
And you say that it won't last
Because you're going nowhere fast

[Chorus]
On the dark side of town, new lovers meet
At the old lost and found on the edge of the street
And the noon shadows hide from the fire outside
On the dark side of town, where some woman waits
To worship your crown, to burn at your stake
I lay myself down on the dark sidе of town

[Verse 3]
She says you fill her with desirе
But when you want her, you're a liar
She can taste it on your breath
Cutting through the cigarette
She can smell it on your sweat
[Verse 4]
You've been taking off your ring
Women see these little things
You may think it does not show
But it shows how far you'll go
To feed the fire down below

[Chorus]
On the dark side of town, where new lovers meet
At the old lost and found on the edge of the street
And the noon shadows hide from the fire outside
On the dark side of town, where some woman waits
To worship your crown, to burn at your stake
I lay myself down on the dark side of town

[Bridge]
I said—I know that woman well
And I will see her soul in hell
Before I let her carry on until your hope is gone
You should have seen her smile
She'd known it all the while
She said—thank you for me and my child
Thank you for me and my child

[Chorus]
On the dark side of town, where we used to meet
At the old lost and found on the edge of the street
And the noon shadows hide from the fire outside
On the dark side of town, where some woman waits
To worship your crown, to burn at your stake
I lay myself down on the dark side of town