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 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 tailfin    of your checkered cab    And I can't sit down,    I'm going overboard    in this heathen town