History's so strong History's so strong History's so strong History's so strong Sing another drinking song The honky-tonk will do Make another breaking bong Your favorite ingenue This, the distant dawn This, the distant dawn I put my cards upon the table I do this because I am able One pixie's broken-down devotion I threw my pistol in the ocean Eyes wide with revelation Chime at the police station And when the verdict comes 'round I'm sure that you will go down Stay all night, we save the population Stay all night, we save the population Stay all night, we save the population Stay all night, we save the population Pistol and its pawn Sailing through the lexicon A pistol and its pawn Blood on borderlines be drawn Take another bottle down the brothel and the shrew Make another awful sound to rap the Gothic through History's so strong History's so strong I put my cards upon the table I do this because I am able One pixie's broken-down devotion I threw my pistol in the ocean Eyes wide with revelation Chime at the police station And when the verdict comes 'round I'm sure that you will go down Stay all night, we save the population (Stay all night, we save the population) Stay all night, we save the population (Stay all night, we save the population) Stay all night, we save the population (Stay all night, we save the population) Stay all night, we save the population Stay all night, we save the population (Stay all night, we save the population) Stay all night, we save the population Stay all night, we save the population