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 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