City Lights:Ivory Joe Hunter.
#92 ( just under the wire) on ACE Records in 1959.
INTRO:
#1.
The bright array of city lights as far
as I can see..
The Great White Way shines through the
night, for lonely guys like me.
#2.
The cabarets and honky tonks, their
flashing signs invite..a broken heart to
lose itself, in the glow of city lights.
CHORUS:
Lights that say, forget her name, in a glass
of sherry wine.
Lights that offer other girls, are empty
hearts like mine.
#3.
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.
(INTERLUDE:)
CHORUS:
The lights that say, forget her love, in a
different atmosphere.
The lights that lure are nothing, but a masquerade
for tears.
#4.
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.
OUTRO:
City lights..
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.