City Lights (Single Version)

City Lights - Ray Price
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.
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...