Down In The City

It roars like a lion

The sound of the streets

Rats in the alleyway,

LAPD on the beat

Life in the sewers

Living hell

Go ask the junkie

Going blue

At the Alexandria hotel

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Down down down

In the city!

Down down down

In the city!

The prostitute she strolls

On Broadway

In the eyes of the killer

She the oncoming prey

Knock on her door,

Welcome the virus

It's HIV, herpes

And hepatitis

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Forgotten faces

And forgotten names

Another poor bastard

Pleading for change

The crack pipes light up

Like a candle vigilance

The angels cry

Down on the streets

Of Los Angeles

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