Sundown and the bells are warning Did I miss the mailman again? No, he had nothing for me And nobody called today And no one knows what to say Black sun is beating down On Chinatown
All of the sweetest flowers They grow up on the sunny side But down here, it’s the darkest hour And we run the other way Midnight to yesterday And we’re always upside down In Chinatown
Oh, though I tried to manage You don’t understand my mind Our love used to speak in Spanish There’s a poison in the air The fever’s everywhere Bad haze that hangs around In Chinatown