作词 : Golan, Ross Jacob
 作曲 : Golan, Ross Jacob
 I took the path through downtown, pamphlets strewn across the ground
 Lonely sinners sifting through, four-color vulgar discounts
 Casinos claimed jackpots were paid in large amounts
 Through slots designed specifically to drain savings accounts
 But the bright lights bestowed the omens for tourists and Mormons
 And strippers and showmen, high rollers and poor men
 Valets and doormen, whores and casino floor men
 Newlyweds and bachelors and resident Renoans
 While their kids stayed at home they defaulted on their loans
 It's so sad, so sad, but that's the way it goes

 They say all kinds of clichés here
 Like, "What happens here stays here"
 I know
 But that don't happen here in Reno

 Got pistol whipped by a man in black, he shoved me from behind
 Into a dank alley, he pointed the gun between my eyes
 I held my breath, he aimed 90 degrees to the left
 And shot a man pissing in the alley through the back of his head
 I said, "Take money from the pocket of my blue denim pants
 I just withdrew a couple dozen Ulysses S Grants"
 "I ain't here for the cash, I heard you ****** my ex-wife
 And now you're ******* mine, I'm ruining someone's ******* life
 When I was just a baby, my Mama told me, 'Son
 Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns'"
 He dropped the pistol in my lap and then he ran into the street
 Yelling, "Police, that man just killed someone and now he's after me"
 I threw the gun like it was burning through my flesh and bone
 I took off and I ran, and that's the way the story goes

 They say all kinds of clichés here
 Like, "What happens here stays here"
 I know
 But that don't happen here in Reno

 Ducked down, bobbing and weaving through the shadows between
 The street lamps and pedestrians staring at me
 While sirens drove by, I lifted up my hood
 Had to get to Mariana's before the man in black could
 I knocked on the door, but it hadn't been closed
 I kicked it open so my fingerprints weren't exposed
 Sprawled across the floor with a knife in her chest
 I was late and out of breath, my instincts took care of the rest
 I called the paramedics left the phone off the hook
 I took off and I ran, and that's exactly how it looked

 They say all kinds of clichés here
 Like, "What happens here stays here"
 I know
 But that don't happen here in Reno
 They say all kinds of clichés here
 Like, "What happens here stays here"
 I know
 But that don't happen here in Reno