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"

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 a place in debtor's prison
And the other on a girl dressed as a rabbit
Now you can live forever
Endure 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 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
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