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When I was just 17

Sex no longer held a mystery

I saw it as a commodity

To be bought and sold like rock and roll

Day by day I plunged deeper

Into a world of cheap sensation

This held a great attraction for me

And I dreamt of my own club

And when I danced, And saw you dance

I saw a gambling room in the back

With prostitutes skilled in the art

Of tango lies and exploitation

My club is open to all

The brightest lights you ever saw

The darkest corners for having fun

Happy faces no questions asked

Late one night the club was heaving

I saw a vampire move across the floor

Old and white with a silver cane

Lusting for youth through the mirror

And when i danced and saw you dance

I saw a world where the dead are worshipped

This world belongs to them now they can keep it,

I live alone and I walk the dark edge

Of the shoplights shadow,

In each display a private hell

Name your price you're up for sale.

And when i danced and saw you dance

I saw a world where the dead are worshipped

This world belongs to them now they can keep it