Hot night in the city streets - old papers blowin' 'round my feet
Some dude's got his eyes on you - better walk quickly down the avenue
An angry fist beatin' on an old steel door
Tell me why you here - who are you lookin' for?
It ain't easy - but it ain't for long - this place is crazy
Tell me where did things go wrong?

It's a tough town - gotta find a way to get outta here
It's a gamble it's a chance you take
Talkin' 'bout a tough town - middle of the night and the street's alive
Call it what you want but it's a tough town

2 AM I can't get to sleep
Lyin' here on these sweat-stained sheets
Beneath my window the city crawls
It's a rat race outside these walls - yeah

It's a tough town - gotta find a way to get outta here
No refuge - no place to run
I’m talkin' 'bout a tough town - middle of the night and the street's alive
Ain’t no way around it - it’s a tough town

Tough town - it’s gonna turn your whole world inside out
It's a gamble it's a chance you take
Talkin' 'bout a tough town - middle of the night and the street's alive
Call it what you want but it's a tough town