Coat check girl up in Happyland 
 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 have one door 
 Only five people came out alive 
 The sin is that 89 died 
    89 dead 89 dead 
 89 dead 89 dead   
 The sin is that a year and a half 
 before the fire chief's out 
 and he's raising cain brands 
 Happyland hazard close down but no. 
 No-one ever paid him no mind…   
 City living heavy trouble 
 City living rough 
 We are given angry heart 
 but angers not enough 
 City living heavy trouble 
 City living rough 
 We are given angry heart 
 but angers not enough   
 Daily News reviews of the landlords life 
 found six thousand code ciolations light. 
 The city has more a hundred thousand wars 
 all for one of Forbes' Four Hundred whores.   
 Just one fire cracker on a big bondfire 
 of self serving penny pinching wiseguy style. 
 Never allowing for the human condition…   
 The sin is that these guys survive.   
 City living heavy trouble 
 City living rough. 
 We are given angry heart 
 But anger's not enough 
 City living heavy trouble 
 City living rough 
 We are given angry heart 
 but angers not enough…   
 Sin of the City 
 Stop killing your people now 
 Stop wasting your people now 
 You're using your people up.