[Verse 1]

Please stay inside the house tonight, Dolores

Lately there's been violence in the streets

The moon is full but hearts are dark, Dolores

Danger in every stranger you meet

[Verse 2]

There's a killer in the neighborhood, Dolores

A man who sees a girl and goes berserk

And you're just the kind of woman that he preys on

And my mind stays so upset, it's hard to work

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

While I'm working nights, I'm making my collections

A few quarters for insurance every week

Sometimеs I can hardly find directions

For fear some harm may fall you on thе street

[Verse 4]

The paper says the slayer struck another

Even now the law is searching for a clue

And they've called me to identify your body

Dolores, how could I know that it was you?

[Outro]

If you'd stayed inside the house tonight, Dolores

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