A bright array of city lights as far as I can see
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The Great White Way shines through the night for lonely guys like me
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The cabarets and honky tonks, their flashing signs invite
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A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights.
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Lights that say "Forget her name in a glass of sherry wine"
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Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine
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They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright
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But it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights.
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The world was dark and God made stars to brighten up the night
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But God who put the stars above I don't believe made those lights
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For it's just a place for men to cry when things don't turn out right
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Just a place to run away and hide behind those city lights.
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Lights that say "Forget her love in a different atmosphere"
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Lights that lure are nothing but a masquerade for tears
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They paint a pretty picture but my arms can't hold them tight
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And I just can say "I love you" to a street of city lights.
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City Lights
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| Ivory Joe Hunter |
