Step in from the rain   It's the nightingales on 2nd Avenue and I   can't complain   It's a busy night   The regulars know me but all the same they   decide I'm alright   Whiskey hit me fast   Don't mess with that stranger over there   he'll do the same & you both may last      No I won't regret   The air is thick and wet   With defense & desire      Little girl what you doing here   Don't mess with that vampire in the corner   who beckons you near   Are you waiting for the band to play   It's too loud in here for words but those   staring eyes have much to say   If you meet those eyes in fun   Could be trouble for you if you don't back   up what you've begun      No I won't regret   The air is thick and wet   With defense & desire      Gonna run the show someday   Gonna buy this bar and everything in it and   run it all my way      Talk to you about it till dawn   Tell you all my plans and twisted dreams   until the blow is gone   By providence I'm sent   Into this unsuspecting tavern to build and   feed on your discontent      No I won't regret   The air is thick and wet   With defense & desire