Darkness falls and the city sleeps With one eye open for the creeps Stay out of the hands of the ripper An elusive shadow man Terror since it all began Stay out of the hands of the ripper Lurking the darkness, out for blood Stay out of the hands of the ripper Phantom floats on the slum's foul air Spectre of that loathly lair Churches weep, citizens shiver No one ever heard a sound Another ghastly murder found Not a scream, even a whisper Lurking the darkness, out for blood Stay out of the hands of thе ripper Lurking the darkness, out for blood Stay out of thе hands of the ripper