City Lights

(Bill Anderson)



A bright array of city lights as far as I can see

The great white way shines through the night for lonely guys like me

The cabaretes and honky tonks there flashing signs invite

A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights.



Lights that say forget her name in a glass of cherry wine

Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine

They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright

But it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights.



--- Instrumental ---



The world was dark and God made stars to brighten up the night

The God who put the stars above I don't believe made those lights

Oh. it's just a place for men to cry when things don't turn out right

Just a place to run away and hide behind those city lights.



Lights that say forget her love in a different athmosphere

Lights that lure are nothing but a masquarade for tears

They paint a pretty picture but my arms can't hold them tight

And I just can't say I love you to a street of city lights...