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 cabaretes 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 the god who put the stars above i don t believe made those lights oh 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 lights that say forget her love in a different athmosphere lights that lure are nothing but a masquarade for tears they paint a pretty picture but my arms can t hold them tight and i just can t say i love you to a street of city lights