THE RANGERS
HAD A HOMECOMIN'
IN HARLEM LATE LAST NIGHT
AND A MAGIC RAT
DROVE HIS SLEEK MACHINE
OVER THE JERSEY STATE LINE
BAREFOOT GIRL SITTIN'
ON THE HOOD OF A DODGE
DRINKIN' WARM BEER
IN THE SOFT SUMMER RAIN
THE RAT PULLS INTO TOWN
ROLLS UP HIS PANTS
TOGETHER THEY TAKE
A STAB AT ROMANCE
AND DISAPPEAR
DOWN FLAMINGO LANE
WELL, THE MAXIMUM LAWMEN
RUN DOWN FLAMINGO
CHASING THE RAT
AND THE BAREFOOT GIRL
AND THE KIDS 'ROUND HERE
LOOK JUST LIKE SHADOWS
ALWAYS QUIET
HOLDIN' HANDS
FROM THE CHURCHES
TO THE JAILS
TONIGHT ALL IS SILENCE
IN THE WORLD
AS WE TAKE OUR STAND
DOWN IN JUNGLELAND
WELL, THE MIDNIGHT
GANGS ASSEMBLED
AND PICKED A RENDEZVOUS
FOR THE NIGHT
THEY'LL MEET 'NEATH
THAT GIANT EXXON SIGN
THAT BRINGS THIS
FAIR CITY LIGHT
MAN, THERE'S AN OPERA
OUT ON THE TURNPIKE
THERE'S A BALLET BEIN'
FOUGHT OUT IN THE ALLEY
UNTIL THE LOCAL COPS
CHERRY TOP
WHO RIPS THIS HOLY NIGHT
THE STREET'S ALIVE
AS SECRET DEBTS ARE PAID
CONTACTS MADE
THEY VANISH UNSEEN
KIDS FLASH GUITARS
JUST LIKE SWITCHBLADES
HUSTLIN' FOR
THE RECORD MACHINE
THE HUNGRY AND THE HUNTED
EXPLODE INTO
ROCK 'N' ROLL BANDS
THAT FACE OFF
AGAINST EACH OTHER
OUT IN THE STREET
DOWN IN JUNGLELAND
IN THE PARKIN' LOT
THE VISIONARIES
DRESS IN THE LATEST RAGE
INSIDE THE BACKSTREET
GIRLS ARE DANCIN'
TO THE RECORDS
THAT THE D.J. PLAYS
LONELY-HEARTED LOVERS
STRUGGLE IN DARK CORNERS
DESPERATE AS
THE NIGHT MOVES ON
THEN JUST ONE LOOK
AND A WHISPER
THEY'RE GONE
BENEATH THE CITY
TWO HEARTS BEAT
SOUL ENGINES RUNNIN'
THROUGH A NIGHT SO TENDER
IN A BEDROOM LOCKED
IN WHISPERS
OF SOFT REFUSAL
AND THEN SURRENDER
IN THE TUNNELS UPTOWN
THE RAT'S OWN DREAM
GUNS HIM DOWN
AND SHOTS ECHO DOWN THEM
HALLWAYS IN THE NIGHT
NO-ONE WATCHES
WHEN THE AMBULANCE
PULLS AWAY
OR AS THE GIRL SHUTS OUT
THE BEDROOM LIGHT
OUTSIDE THE STREET'S ON FIRE
IN A REAL DEATH WALTZ
BETWEEN WHAT'S FLESH
AND WHAT'S FANTASY
THEN THE POETS DOWN HERE
DON'T WRITE NOTHIN' AT ALL
THEY JUST STAND BACK
AND LET IT ALL BE
AND IN THE QUICK OF THE NIGHT
THEY REACH FOR THEIR MOMENT
AND TRY TO MAKE
AN HONEST STAND
BUT THEY WIND UP WOUNDED
NOT EVEN DEAD
TONIGHT IN JUNGLELAND...
HOO...
HOO...
WOAH...
HUH...
HUH...
WOAH...