As darkness falls on the golden state Shadow creeps across the land And crawling through your windowsill A gaunt and lanky man A knife in his left hand, a gun in his right He's in your home you're left alone For a night of death and fright You can't run You can't hide He stalks the night He stalks the night Fifteen or more in the monster's wake A city feared to speak his name He raped, he killed, showed no remorse No mercy to the slain Sitting in the courtroom grinning ear to ear Recounting tales of butchery that only took a year You can't run You can't hide You can't run You can't hide He stalks the night He stalks the night He stalks the night He stalks the night It won't be all right He stalks the night