The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent

Skulking in the mean streets whispering in the halls
Redlight bandits on the corner give no quarter calls
Infectious garbage fills the streets and in their eyes you know
A thin blue line bends and breaks stop the overflow

* fan the flames of the city's heat
In dark corners that you never seen
Desperation when the trouble flares
/alarm guns ring/ ["well i'm gonna scream"] running scared

And you're long gone, down in this hell
Long gone down in this hell
So baby won't you hold me tight
Let your softness fill my night
We've got a dream don't let it slip away
In your eyes i can see the fear
This town never sheds a tear
We're gonna be /out someday/walking away

People looking for the holy one,
Some kind of hero or a prophet to come
Visionaries dance the night away

There's no tomorrow living for today
But you're long gone down in this hell
Long gone down in this hell

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I saw the stars come out tonight so lonely and immune
Summer rain kissed the streets that bleed like open wounds
Patrol cars sweep the avenues down on forty eighth
While faces in dark doorways wait to arouse the hate

* repeat

** baby better walk away
Baby better walk away
We'll be busting out someday

** repeat

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They don't seem to sound right, i have put them in [ ].
/who's/ ["he's"] dressed to kill, out to thrill
Waiting for you tonight
Got my ear down to the ground
Waiting for the warning sound
Something's got to bite

* and i 'm looking for a wild rose
In the heat of the night

Waiting for a show
Looking for a wild rose
In the heat of the night
Waiting for a show

** and the wild, the willing and the innocent
Are down, down in the jungle tonight
As the jackal tracks every step you make
Watching, waiting for the one chance to bite

Time was right, a satin light
In the final dangerous game
/trap set,/ ["attracted"] in the net
Feel my hands start to sweat
Ooh i'm taking aim

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Cold black steel, your last meal
The hand of fate has come
Phone taps, blueprint maps
Making my nerve ends snap
/public enemy number one/ ["call me again i'll be your number one"]

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Sarah has her dreams and makes her plans
To get what she wants when she can
A little bit of heaven was all she asked for
In those silent moments deep in the night
She'd find herself make it feel all right
Hungers for the bright life and something more

With her young heart so gently beating
A secret rendezvous lovers meeting
Out in the night, out in the night night night night
Played on the radio, heard on the news
Baby's gone lost they found her shoes
You can turn out the light
You better turn out the light

* you go walking on the wild side
Learn how to run 'cause you can't hide
Better steel yourself away
Another page, another day
In your lonely heart
Beating out in the dark
Lonely heart

And beneath the lights the rock 'n' roll band
Electric guitars, one night stands
Are you giving away, giving away
With hungry and oh so desperate eyes
The souls who get hurt believe in their lies
You only betray only betray

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And now you cry yourself to sleep

Against the odds you wanted to beat
You never say no, never say no no no no
Left with the promises that you swore
The price you pay is the love you tore
Now where did it go, where did it go

* repeat

Living inside a bottle
Strung out on a line
Caught in life's rough and tumble
Blind leading the blind
I wish there was an answer
But she's got such an easy way
And you know you can't leave her
And you know you can stay

* oh it's killing me
Oh, love's a mystery
Oh, it's killing me
Oh, love's a mystery

We're hiding from the small talk
And hiding all the pain
With our backs against the wall
Is all this love in vain

* repeat

When i'm with you you know i try so hard
Not to love you but i keep up my guard
Every single day that goes by
Are we fooling ourselves living a lie

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Please tell me now it's no secret
Is this surrender with defeat

Do you let love pass you by
Walk to a different beat

* repeat