Those Wild Woods

[Verse 1:]
Well the fire took the castle Dracula back in '02
And the Shore Plaza Motel ended up in flames too
I lost my teddy bear there when I was just a little boy
But for a couple of bucks and a little bit of luck, step right up and win a brand new toy.

[Verse 2:]
It's funny when there's insurance money, somebody's trying to turn
Things around this boardwalk town have a way of just starting to burn
The fire'll die and you'll leave with your life, thank god nobody got hurt
Give it a month and they'll put something up on top of the ash and the earth.

[Pre-Chorus:]
My feet in the sand, like the bible land
With you, I just might live if I could.

[Chorus:]
You can stab me in the back
I will always come back
Running wild, through those wild, wild woods.

[Verse 3:]
The accent on the frog-bog barker sounds like Dublin to me
And the man at the top of the Ferris Wheel says "son, that's something that you never used to see"
Immigrants tearing your ticket to get on the merry-go-round
I said "that term describes you, buddy, me too, you best go on and get used to it now".

[Pre-Chorus:]
My feet in the sand, like the bible land
With you, I just might live if I could.

[Chorus:]
You can stab me in the back
I will always come back
Running wild, through those wild, wild woods.

[Verse 4:]
There's a fight breaking out in front of the gift shop as the morning meets the night
There's cops all around but when the deal goes down, there doesn't seem to be a single one in sight
There's a window of candles in the boardwalk chapel that's slowly starting to fade
As a whole congregation in a holy celebration sings "everybody, everybody's gonna be saved"
Everybody, everybody's gonna be saved
Everybody, everybody's gonna be saved
Everybody, everybody's gonna be saved.

[Chorus 2:]
And we'll watch that tram car carry us home on the crest of that rideway
Waving goodbye to those wild, wild woods.