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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 their 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
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
- Album:
- The Best of Willie Neal Johnson & the Gospel Keynotes
- And Then I Wrote [Remastered & Expanded Edition]
- Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
- It Will Come to Pass: The Metaphysical Worlds and Poetic...
- BAND OF BROTHERS
- To All the Girls...
- Heroes
- Naked Willie
- Willie And The Wheel
- American Classic
- Lost Highway
- Souvenirs
- Across The Borderline
- Sings Kristofferson
- Laying My Burdens Down
- Miscellaneous
- Moment Of Forever
- Two Men With The Blues
- Imus Ranch Record
- A Horse Called Music