It was a hot summer night in the city
When I first tasted her sweet lips
Swore that she'd love me for the rest of my life
We'd be together as a man and a wife
On those hot summer nights in the city

She didn't know I was the leader of my gang
Black boots, leather jackets mean mean man
In a concrete jungle you live in fear
Life is never certain, death is always near
On those hot summer nights in the city

I heard the rumble of a gang, comin down the street
The Thunderbirds and Rebels, were about to meet
They came together Lord, like a roar of thunder
That gang called the Rebels tried to put me under

The blood ran red on that night
Switch blades, brass knucks, a gang fight
When the rumble was over, I looked all around
Saw my old lady lyin dead on the ground
On that hot summer night in the city