City Lights =========== w&m: Bill Anderson, 1958 Perforfmed by Ray Price, Bill Anderson, Mickey Gilley, and others These lyrics are from Gilley's version [Verse 1] 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 cabarets and honky tonks, their flashing signs invite A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights. [Verse 2] Lights that say, "Forget her name," in a glass of sherry wine, Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine. They paint a pretty picture of a world gay and bright; And it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights. [Instrumental interlude] [Verse 3] The world was dark -- God the made the stars to brighten up the night, But the God who put those stars above -- I don't believe He made those lights. For 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. [Verse 4] Lights that say, "Forget her love," in a different atmosphere, Lights that lure are nothing but a masquerade for tears. They paint a pretty picture but my arms can't hold them tight; And I just can't say that, "I love you," to a street of city lights. [Coda] No, I just can't say that, "I love you," to a street of city lights.