City Lights:Ivory Joe Hunter.
#92 ( just under the wire) on ACE Records in 1959.

INTRO: G# C# D# G#

#1.
G# (xx1114@1)                               C#The (x43121@1)bright array of city lights as far

as I can see..
    D#7The (x32310@4)Great White Way shines through the 
           G#night, (xx1114@1)for lonely guys like me.

#2.
G#The (xx1114@1)cabarets and honky tonks, their 
C# (x43121@1)                     D#flashing (x43121@3)signs invite..a broken heart to 
                    D#7 (x32310@4)        G# (xx1114@1)  C#G#
lose itself, in the glow of city lights.

CHORUS:
D# (x43121@3)                                   G#Lights (xx1114@1)that say, forget her name, in a glass

of sherry wine.
D# (x43121@3)                               G#Lights (xx1114@1)that offer other girls, are empty

hearts like mine.

#3.
G# (xx1114@1)                              C#They (x43121@1)paint a pretty picture, of a world that's

gay and bright.
         D#But (x43121@3)it's just a mask for loneliness..behind 
           G# (xx1114@1)   C#G#
those city lights.

(INTERLUDE:) D# G# C# G#

CHORUS:
    D#The (x43121@3)lights that say, forget her love, in a 
G#different (xx1114@1)atmosphere.
    D# (x43121@3)                                G#The (xx1114@1)lights that lure are nothing, but a masquerade

for tears.

#4.
G# (xx1114@1)                                C#They (x43121@1)paint a pretty picture, but my arms can't

hold them tight.
      D#And (x43121@3)I just can't say, I love you, to a street 
        G#of (xx1114@1)city lights.

OUTRO:
C#   G#
City lights..

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.