Hot night in the city streets
Old papers blowin´ ´round my feet
Some dude´s got his eyes on you
Better walk quickly down the avenue
Somewhere somebody´s baby cries

A new heart beats as another one dies

It ain´t easy but you live and learn
If you don´t get what you want
You might get what you deserve

It´s a rough town
You give it all just to live in fear
No refuge no place to run
Talkin´ ´bout a rough town
Gotta find a way to get outta here
Ain´t no way around it
It´s a rough town

Cold dawn comes with the break of day
Morning sky turns gun metal grey
From an upstairs window there´s a woman scream
A nightmare vision from some junkies dream

An angry fist beatin´ on an old steel door
Tell me why you here
Who are you lookin´ for?

It ain´t easy but it ain´t for long
This place is crazy
Tell me, hey, where did things go wrong?

It´s a rough town
Middle of the night and the street´s alive
It´s a gamble it´s a chance you take
Talkin´ ´bout a rough town
Gonna turn your world inside out
Call it what you want but
It´s a rough town

2 a.m. I can´t get to sleep
I bin lyin´ here on these sweat-stained sheets

Beneath my window the city crawls
It´s a rat race outside these walls, Oh Yeah!

It´s a rough town
You give it all just to live in fear
No refuge no place to run
Gotta find a way to get outta here
Ain´t no way around it
It´s a rough town

It´s a rough town
Middle of the night and the street´s alive
It´s a gamble it´s a chance you take
Talkin´ ´bout a rough town
Gonna turn your world inside out
Call it what you want but
It´s a rough town