[Verse 1]
Coat-check girl up in happy land
Has a violent row with a Cuban man
Julio leaves in a drunken rage
Comes back with the gasoline
The club had no fire exit
The club only had one door
Only five people came out alive
The sin is that eighty-nine died

[Bridge]
Eighty-nine dead
Eighty-nine dead
Eighty-nine dead
Eighty-nine dead

[Verse 2]
The sin is that a year and a half
Before the fire chief's out
And he's raising cain brands
Happy land hazard close down, but no
No-one ever paid him no mind

[Chorus]
City living heavy trouble
City living rough
We are given angry hearts
But anger's not enough
City living heavy trouble
City living rough
We are given angry hearts
But anger's not enough
[Verse 3]
Daily news reviews of the landlord's life
Found six-thousand code violations light
The city has more a hundred thousand wars
All for one of Forbes' four-hundred whores
Just one fire cracker on a big bonfire
Of self-serving, penny-pinching, wise guy style
Never allowing for the human condition
The sin is that these guys survive

[Chorus]
City living heavy trouble
City living rough
We are given angry hearts
But anger's not enough
City living heavy trouble
City living rough
We are given angry hearts
But anger's not enough

[Outro]
The sin of the city
(City living heavy trouble)
(City living rough)
Stop killing your people now
(We are given angry hearts)
(But anger's not enough)
Stop wasting your people now
(City living heavy trouble)
(City living rough)
You're using your people up
(We are given angry hearts)
(But anger's not enough)
Sin of the city
(City living heavy trouble)
(City living rough)
Stop killing your people now
(We are given angry hearts)
(But anger's not enough)
You're wasting your people
(City living heavy trouble)
(City living rough)
We are given angry hearts
But anger's not enough