I remember it as plain as day Although it happened in the dark of the night I was strolling throught the streets of Paris And it was cold it was starting to rain And then I heard a piercing scream And I rushed to the scene of the crime But all I found was butchered remains Of two girls laying side by side Murders in the Rue Morgue Someone call the Gendarmes Murders in the Rue Morgue Flee before the killers go free There's some people coming down the street At last someone's heard my call I can't understand why they're pointing at me I never done nothing at all Well I must have got some blood on my hands Because everybody's shouting at me I can't speak French so I couldn't explain And like a fool I started running away Murders in the Rue Morgue Someone call the Gendarmes Murder in the Rue Morgue Am I ever going to be free And now I've gotta get away from the arms of the law All France is looking for me I've gotta find my way across the border for sure Down the South to Italy Murders in the Rue Morgue Running from the Gendarme Murders in the Rue Morgue I'm never going home Well I made it to the border at last But I can't erase the scene from my mind Any time somebody stares at me Well I just started running blind Well I'm running throught the shadows tonight Away from the staring eyes Any day they'll be looking for me Cause I know that I show the signs of... Murders in the Rue Morgue Running from the Gendarmes Murders in the Rue Morgue Runnin' from the arms of the law Murders in the Rue Morgue Running from the Gendarmes Murders in the Rue Morgue Am I ever gonna be free It took so long and I'm getting so tired I'm running out of places to hide Should I return to the scene of the crime Where the two young victims died If I could go to somebody to help It would get me out of trouble for sure But I know that it's on my mind That my doctor said I've done it before Murders in the Rue Morgue They're never gonna find me Murders in the Rue Morgue I'm never going home