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The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling, way down in the valley tonight.
There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye, and a blade shining oh so bright.
There's evil in the air and there's thunder in sky, and A killer's on the bloodshot streets.
Oh and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising,
Oh I swear I saw a young boy down in the gutter,
He was starting to foam in the heat.

Oh baby you're the only thing in this whole world, that's pure and good and right.
And wherever you are and wherever you go, there's always gonna be some light.
But I gotta get out,
I gotta break it out now,
Before the final crack of dawn.
So we gotta make the most of our one night together.
When it's over you know,
We'll both be so alone.

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