City Lights

Lyrics

Downtown darkens from the smoke in the street I imagine the heat And I imagine tonight There will be no relief Buildings tighten in the breeze In the snap and the cough And I wonder when it will begin I wonder when it will begin Out in the harbor The hollow harbor The transport wait As the waves turn mute And the sea birds call - - It's much too late City lights, oh those city lights Won't come on tonight Won't save us tonight Oh those city lights The woman I sleep with Passes through my life Like a fire in thе night And her hair, her brilliant red hair Smеlls charred and betrayed And I'm afraid Of the tragedy we've become In the crowded cavity Of this city by the sea Let's go out dancing Beneath the cold light of a forgiving moon Let's go out dancing Where the orchestra plays to an empty ballroom Let's go out dancing