Downtown
I went downtown to have a look around
There was nobody there but me
Looked for the policeman on the corner
There was none that I could see
There were rats in the gutter they were giving me
the shudders
I was searching for my family
The last time I saw them they were living in the
basement
Of a high rise facility
Burned out cars were clogging up the street
And lots of garbage but none that you could eat
And to the creatures of the night I was just a piece
of meat
I could hear the hungry howls dripping from their
slimy jowls
As I beat a quick retreat
I went down to the punk rock club
To see if any of my friends were around
The bouncer told me they were busy in the back
room
Butchering a dog they'd found
He said man you should have been here late last
night
They ate some boat people live on stage
And now the critics say that cannibalism
Is sure to be the latest craze
He showed me the bones piled high on the dance
floor
Said come back in a while they're gonna eat a bunch
more
It's the kind of entertainment that the crowds really
go for
I could see his skanky eyes checking me out for size
As I headed out the door
The night was cloudy and the moon was dead
As I waded through pools of blood
I noticed as it dried it stuck to my shoes
Like the slimiest kind of mud
I wondered what I looked like
If my hairstyle was still all right
But there wasn't a mirror in sight
So I jumped into a taxi the driver's name was Maxie
But she soon dropped dead from fright
And all the while I was dreaming up a storm
Wiping my forehead cause I felt a little warm
Choking on the words that my mouth could not
quite form
I rolled over on my back and had another heart
attack
And hoped I wouldn't get reborn
Centro da Cidade
Fui pro centro pra dar uma olhada
Não tinha ninguém lá além de mim
Procurei o policial na esquina
Mas não vi nenhum por ali
Tinha rato na sarjeta, me dando arrepios
Eu procurava pela minha família
Da última vez que os vi, estavam morando no
subsolo
De um prédio alto
Carros queimados entupiam a rua
E muito lixo, mas nada que você pudesse comer
E para as criaturas da noite, eu era só um pedaço
de carne
Eu podia ouvir os uivos famintos escorrendo de suas
mandíbulas gosmentas
Enquanto eu fazia uma rápida retirada
Fui pro clube de punk rock
Pra ver se algum dos meus amigos estava por lá
O segurança me disse que eles estavam ocupados na
sala dos fundos
Desmembrando um cachorro que encontraram
Ele disse, cara, você devia ter estado aqui ontem à
noite
Eles comeram uns refugiados ao vivo no palco
E agora os críticos dizem que o canibalismo
Com certeza vai ser a última moda
Ele me mostrou os ossos empilhados no chão da
pista
Disse pra voltar mais tarde, eles vão comer mais um
monte
É o tipo de entretenimento que a galera realmente
curte
Eu podia ver os olhos sujos dele me avaliando
Enquanto eu saía pela porta
A noite estava nublada e a lua estava morta
Enquanto eu atravessava poças de sangue
Percebi que, ao secar, grudava nos meus sapatos
Como o tipo mais gosmento de lama
Me perguntei como eu estava
Se meu cabelo ainda estava legal
Mas não tinha espelho à vista
Então pulei num táxi, o nome da motorista era Maxie
Mas ela logo caiu morta de medo
E enquanto isso eu sonhava acordado
Secando a testa porque estava me sentindo um pouco
quente
Engasgando com as palavras que minha boca não
conseguia formar
Eu me virei de costas e tive outro ataque
cardíaco
E esperei não ser reencarnado.