City Lights:Ivory Joe Hunter.
#92 ( just under the wire) on ACE Records in 1959.
INTRO: Ab C# Eb Ab
#1.
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The bright array of city lights as far
as I can see..
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The Great White Way shines through the
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night, for lonely guys like me.
#2.
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The cabarets and honky tonks, their
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flashing signs invite..a broken heart to
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lose itself, in the glow of city lights.
CHORUS:
Eb Ab
Lights that say, forget her name, in a glass
of sherry wine.
Eb Ab
Lights that offer other girls, are empty
hearts like mine.
#3.
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They paint a pretty picture, of a world that's
gay and bright.
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But it's just a mask for loneliness..behind
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those city lights.
(INTERLUDE:) Eb Ab C# Ab
CHORUS:
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The lights that say, forget her love, in a
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different atmosphere.
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The lights that lure are nothing, but a masquerade
for tears.
#4.
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They paint a pretty picture, but my arms can't
hold them tight.
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And I just can't say, I love you, to a street
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of city lights.
OUTRO:
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City lights..
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.