Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Van Halen
Canonical path: /van-halen/china-town
Related lyric paths: 6
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China Town
Read China Town lyrics by Van Halen on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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China Town
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Headless body in a topless bar
Warring clans in lowered cars
A buck is still a buck in shanghai
And a buck is all you earn
A great night for all concerned
Steel fingers play a deadly song
Whole lotta shakespeare going on and on and on
It's all happening downtown
You painted daughters of the tong underground
Don't mess around
Welcome to china town
Well you bring ultra-new
Welcome to china town
Heroes aren't born, they're cornered
And this corner is where we write the story
Two tribes warring
Downtown after hours
The best to you each morning
Can't survive and think to win
Drugged into sin
Next episode begins and begins and begins and begins
It's all happening downtown
You painted daughters of the tong underground
Don't mess around
Welcome to china town
Well you bring ultra-new
Welcome to china town
It's all happening downtown
Welcome to my town, my town, my town!
It's all happening downtown
You painted daughters of the tong underground
Don't mess around
Welcome to china town
Well you bring ultra-new
Welcome to china town
Welcome to my town, my town, my town!
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