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