[Male Vocals] One steamy, summer night Not long after the sun went down A couple walked into a hole in the wall Down in the grungy, seedy side of town Johnny put on his baddest swagger Bravado didn't quite hide his fright Susie's breathing came faster and faster She pulled in closer, gripped his arm too tight [Verse 1] Glaring through the dim-lit haze Were six and twenty pairs of eyes Biker barbarians and their wenches Oozing malice and promising demise Johnny scanned the crowd, looking for his friends The ones that dared him to show his wild side But Billy and Steve weren't in the place And he ached to run, wanted to hide "Goin' somewhere?" growled a voice in his ear And he nearly jumped right out of his skin At their side, three dark men, all clad in leather Stinking of liquor, death and sin And with a wicked grin, the head man said [Chorus] Come inside, stay awhile, No need to leave so soon We've merriments to make you smile And brews for howling at the moon We're glad you've come to taste the night life, It can be rough, but has its charms, So have a dance, take a toke We won't do you any harm! ("None you won't enjoy, anyway! Haha!") And the next thing you know... [Verse 2] Johnny slammed a beer, and then two more Could've sworn he swallowed a pill The room spun, his ears rang, his face bounced off the floor, And his mind went suddenly still He woke slowly, bruised and battered Cross the way, he saw Susie there "Time to get up!" grunted a biker brute, Who yanked him right up by his hair "Well boy," growled the man from before, "It's time for you to choose. Either kill your girl and join us, Or die if you refuse." [Chorus] Join us, man, learn to live You've never been so free All the Earth will be your oyster For such a pitiful, meager fee So rise and claim the night life, All its forbidden delights, Spill forth the sugar of sacrifice, ("That's blood!") The price demanded by the night! [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] Well, Johnny let out a long, low moan He knew that he would die So he gathered up his fading courage And spit right in the head man's eye He said, "You can keep your night life, 'Cuz I refuse to kill. So get it over with, do your worst!" Then he heard a quiet voice say "I will." [Bridge] His blood went cold when he saw Susie A knife clutched in her shaking hand, His mind was reeling, still refusing To believe it, to understand [Final Chorus] She said, "I didn't choose this night life, But I'm willing to give it a shot. I'm sorry it has to end this way, But it's the only chance I've got." Susie chose the night life, Let it stain her soul jet black, And as she quietly shed her conscience, She gripped the knife so tight, Sent a prayer up to the Night, And went to work And never once looked back! [Outro] And if you're ever walking In the summer moonlight, And you hear a woman singing 'Bout how much she loves the night life, Don't walk. Run!
