Heathen Town

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 tail fin 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 her place in debtor's prison And the other on a girl dressed as a rabbit Now you can live forever, endure fits and starts 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 so frightened 'Cause the devil will drag you under By the sharp tail fin of your checkered cab And I can't sit down, I'm going overboard in this heathen town