The glittering gutter

Hither they come by the hundreds
Out of the safety they crawled
To stumble the streets of the hungry
Beast that is never full
And no one can ever claim
That it ain't no fun stepping into the stain
And smelling the lights of the glittering gutter

They don't know that these neon signs
Have guided many through better times
Always a fortune for the ones without hope
They used to fly high but now they lie on the floor
Still they call it the sinful mile
She's a whore and a lady with a big heart inside
But for the small town voyeur
She's just the glittering gutter

Luck is a lady with a mean grin spine
But the lady's a bitch when you've known her a while

And so through her veins they're stumming
The guts have died, the skin is crumbling
Still she's smiling her cancerous smile
Her teeth fallen out, her carcass alive
Yet someone might recognize
It's reflecting the faces of the people inside
Through the empty eyes of the glittering gutter

Come on
Come on, yeah
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on