The Sun Went Out
Justice took the night off and democracy fell asleep
Gamblers, whores and winos had all taken over the street
The lawmen who took all they could threw their arms into the air
And a wise guy on the corner tipped his hat and said, buddy listen here
It's going down and it's going down tonight
Across town on Easy Street Jesus was drinking wine
He was dancing with some hooker and having himself a hell of a time
The sun had burned out for good the moon dangled by a thread
A drunkard drank deep as he could pointed to the sky and he said
It's coming down and it's coming down tonight
Prisoner's beat the judge's with gavels then sentenced them to life
Philosopher's all proclaimed white is black and black is white
The righteous screamed from rooftops as God was shooting dice
Lightning flashed from his fingertips when they both came up snake eyes
It's going down and it's going down tonight
Saint Peter he was playing it cool smoking cigarettes
Picking banjo for a band of angel's screaming this is as good as it gets
Sinners threw themselves from windows at one hell of a rate
One screamed out before he jumped there ain't nobody guarding the gate
I'm jumping down and I'm jumping down tonight
Then the Devil appeared onto the scene on a horse with a fiery mane
In his hands he held a deck of cards and said, I'm looking for a game
He asked a vagrant where's the action, who said, I'll tell if I can come
And the Devil stroked his bearded chin and said, climb aboard then son
We're going down and we're going down tonight
He appeared out of a cloud of smoke and challenged God to a hand
Of five card stud, winner takes all control over this land
When the cards were dealt God roared aloud, Devil I've got two pair
And the Devil roared back, so do I and threw four aces into the air
And said, you're going down and you're going down tonight.