City Lights - Ray Price

City Lights
Written by: Bill Anderson

City Lights Lyrics

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 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
But I don't believe the God above made those city lights
Or it's just a place for men to hide when things don't turn out right
Just a place to run away and cry behind those city lights

Lights that say forget her name in a different atmosphere
Lights that lure are nothing but a masquerade for tears
They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright
But I just can't say I love you to a street of city lights

City Lights Singers

1. Bill Anderson March 1958 (First recording in 1957) 2. Dave Rich May 1958.
3. Ray Price (billboard hit 1958) June 9, 1958.

4. Don Rondo July 1958 5. Ivory Joe Hunter - Orch. & Chorus conducted by Milton Rogers December 1958 6. Debbie Reynolds March 1960 7. Ferlin Husky April 1963 8. Stan Hardin April 1964 9. Jimmie Rodgers 1964 10. Jerry Lee Lewis November 1965 11. Living Voices 1965 12. Dottie West and The Heartaches February 1967 13. Connie Smith May 1967 14. Bill Phillips June 1967 14. Tony Keeling and The Graduates November 10, 1967 15. Conway Twitty September 1969 16. Chase Webster 1969 17. Johnny Bush March 1971 18. The Statler Brothers April 10, 1974 19. Mickey Gilley January 1975 20. Jean Shepard January 1975 21. Faron Young December 12, 1977 22. Rick Trevino September 22, 1998 23. Jim Byrnes 2012 24. Willie Nelson September 16, 2016.


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