You take the redhead and you get the blonde
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)
Me, I’m gonna make that number with the sad eyes on
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)
You pay a pinch of salt and a pound of flesh
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)
You better eat the meat while it’s still fresh
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)
I’m just a dirty little son-of-a-runaway
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)
When they catch up with me there’s gonna be hell to pay
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)

In the opulent city-a city of toads
They’re swingin’ from the ceilings-and blockin’ the roads
Relentless city’s-gonna grind you down
Leave your ashes on the wrong side of town 
There’s a blood red dawn crawlin’ across the sky
Won’t you give me your love-make me come alive
We can take this city and spin it like a top 
Let’s go nightclubbin’-we don’t ever have to stop…

There’s a reptile buried in the back of your mind
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)
It’s gonna drag you to the ceremony every time
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)
When I snapped back to life in the recovery room 
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)
The man was pourin’ over my impending doom
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)
He said, “Character dictates our destiny.”
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)
I said, “That’s why I’m gonna get you before you get me.”
(Nightclubbin’ in dead city!)

Cuz, it’s a city of corruption-city of greed
Where they’ll slit your throat for the rock and the weed
It’s a city of suckers livin’ on the con
With their mouths hangin’ open and their blinders on
Babe you drive me wild-you do me in
With your philistine mind and your hangman’s grin
The broken heart of this city’s opened like an oven
Let’s climb inside-let’s go nightclubbin’…

It’s a city of deception-a city of woes
Where your enemies are dressed in your best friend’s clothes
A city of hustlers-a city of spies
Well-trained at twisting all the words of the wise
Babe you drive me wild-you do me in
With your raven eyes and your rattlesnake skin
The broken heart of this city’s opened like an oven
Let’s climb inside-let’s go nightclubbin’…