The gloom of the dark night

Blackens the filth, the squalor, the sleaze

Of narrow streets and inner city hives

Darkens the pavements, the curbs, the walls

The habitation of the wretched, the damned

Hides the sins of perverts, killers, pimps

Slimy, quivering loathsome lowlife

The gloom of the dark night

Covers the city in innocent black

All’s well in the world until the first light