she said hello and i said hon it s me she said i might have known and i said oh listen please leaving you for her was wrong please let me come back home this old town s closed down and i have no place to go chorus and she said hell stays open all night long hell never closes it s open from dawn til dawn when i slammed the door to heaven i should have known hell stays open all night long she said good bye don t call me anymore for the one that i love now is at my door the one that took your place this is something you ll just have to face as far as i m concerned when you have no place to go remember chorus hell stays open all night long hell never closes it s open from dawn til dawn when i slammed the door to heaven i should have known that hell stays open all night long hell stays open all night long written by bobby l harden