[Intro] [distorted electric guitar riff, palm-muted chugging] [drums enter with heavy snare and double-kick] [high-pitched vocal scream] [Verse 1] [gritty male vocals] It was sixty-five million years ago [bass enters] During the reign of the dinosaurs A gigantic rock some five miles in diameter Smashed into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula [Verse 2] Out on the streets again, but don't get me wrong If this is where I choose to be, this is where I belong [power chords] [Chorus] You call it hell, I call it home, New Rock City New Rock City You call it hell, I call it home, New Rock City New Rock City You call it hell, I call it home, New Rock City New Rock City [sustained vocal scream] New Rock City New Rock City New Rock City [vocal scream] [Verse 3] [guitar riff continues] At its present size, Helios would hit with the force of a thousand Hiroshimas and generate temperatures five times hotter than the sun [Verse 4] Out here the heat's so bad, but there's nowhere to run Big hole where the sky should be, no escape from the sun [Chorus] You call it hell, I call it home, New Rock City New Rock City You call it hell, I call it home, New Rock City New Rock City You call it hell, I call it home, New Rock City New Rock City [sustained vocal scream] New Rock City New Rock City New Rock City [vocal scream] [Guitar Solo] [rapid alternate picking lead guitar, pinch harmonics] [Chorus] Out here if you're weak you're dead, it doesn't take very long Nothing's like it used to be, if it's all gone wrong You call it hell, I call it home, New Rock City New Rock City You call it hell, I call it home, New Rock City New Rock City You call it hell, I call it home, New Rock City New Rock City [sustained vocal scream] New Rock City New Rock City New Rock City [vocal scream] [Outre] [guitar soloing continues over final chords] New Rock City New Rock City New Rock City [final drum fill and guitar feedback]
