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



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 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

But God who put the stars above I don't believe 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