I've been dreaming things yet to come
Living, learning, watching, burning
Eyes on the sun
I'm leaving gone yesterday
Brutal, laughing, fighting, fucking
The price I have to pay
Bright lights, big city
She dreams of love
Bright lights, big city
He lives to run
To run, to run
To run, to run
To run, to run
To run, to run
Demon, where did my angel go?
Thinking, frapped, stupid, perfect
You are the one
A new day
A new age
A new face
A new lay
A new love
A new drug
A new me
A new you
Bright lights, big city
She dreams of love
Bright lights, big city
He lives to run
Oh ohoh, oh ohoh
Oh ohoh, oh ohoh
Woh Oh Oh
Oh ohoh, oh ohoh
Oh ohoh
Oh oh, oh ooh

Cast your mind back to the days,
When I pretend' I was OK.
I had so very much to say,
About my crazy livin'.
Now that I've stared into the void,
So many people, I've annoyed.
I have to find a middle way,
A better way of givin'.

So I haven't given up,
But all my choices, my good luck...
Appear to go and get me stuck,
In an open prison.
Now I am tryin' to break free,
In a state of empathy.
Find the true and inner me,
Eradicate the schism.

No-one can take it away from me,
And no-one can tear it apart.
'Cause a heart that hurts,
Is a heart that works.
A heart that hurts,
Is a heart that works.

A heart that hurts,
Is a heart that works.
No-one can take it away from me,
No-one can tear it apart.
Maybe ' an elaborate fantasy,
But it's the perfect place to start.

'Cause a heart that hurts,
Is a heart that works.
A heart that hurts,
Is a heart that... works.

Bright lights, big city they've gone to my baby's head
Bright lights, big city gone to my baby's head
I tried to tell you woman, you won't believe a thing that I said

It's alright, pretty baby yeah, you'll need my help someday
It's alright, pretty baby, you'll need my help someday
You're gonna wish you had listened to some of these things that I said

You know I told you baby
Bright lights, big city gone to my baby's head
Bright lights, big city gone to my baby's head
Tried to tell you woman, you won't believe a thing that I said

Owh baby! Oh yes now!
Oowh it's alright baby, you'll need my help someday
It's alright baby, you should have listened to what I said

You know I warned you baby
About the long Cadillacs with the big shiny pims (wheels ?)
Rolls Royce Silver Cloud wings (baby ?)
Men with money, cigarettes, flamingo, scotch, bourbon

Yeah bright lights, big city gone to my baby's head
Awh! Bright lights, big city, yeah gone to my baby's head
I tried to tell you woman, you won't believe a thing that I said.

Come on now baby, come with me.

If you want me, won't you show it. Won't you show me some affection.

I saw my baby last Saturday night, she's looking just right.

She dances like she's got a beat in her brain. She dances like she might never again. She's got me thinking about old times again.

Come on now baby, come with me.

She dances like she's got a beat in her brain. She dances like she might never again. She's got me thinking about old times again.

I saw my baby last Saturday night, she's looking just right.

Baby I went back to funeral row
Kicking through the old streets
In a place I once called home
Not long ago

Searching for an omen
Looking for a sign
Looking for the place I swore
An oath of love undying
Of love undying

But I’m tired of this dull ache
This endless and fake parade
I’m gonna torch my name and my trade

Run it to the bright lights
Run it to the bright lights
Run it to the bright lights
Run it to the bright lights

Brother don’t go back to funeral row
The streets have fallen silent,
And the cross no longer glows
On funeral row

And I’m tired of this dark place
Where hope dies and hope fades
I’m gonna leave these shadows behind

Head into the bright lights
Head into the bright lights
Run it to the bright lights
Run it to the bright lights

So come on let get your guitar
(Burn it to the bright lights)
Feed the flames and feed the fire.
Wishing things won’t make them so
(Run it to the bright lights)
The truth is I refuse to go
Shadows where the best things hide
(Run it to the bright lights)
You could keep the brightest light
You could keep the brightest light
You can keep the blinding light

Two weeks of wishing
And I'm finally off the streets
She's got a place for me right in her arms
Where the sky and cieling meet
And all her sad memories
Only shatter and shake
I break the stairs and shoot the sky
And someone serious says that:

It's okay, it's alright
I only came here just to see the bright lights

Two doors down
And she screams at me get out
She works a week, lives on Sunday
I can figure it out
All her sad surprises
They just don't do it all
But I can d'd'do that darling

It's okay, it's alright
I only came here just to see the bright lights
I'm okay, I'm alright
All I ever wanted was to see the bright lights

I wouldn't let it bring you down
Because I'm on my way
I wouldn't let it bring you down
It's just the only thrill in town

Two doors down
And she screams at me get out
I've seen her before
I left in no doubt
She's got no time for misery
And it only turns to rust
But the whole place could fall down
And I wouldn't give a fuck! No!

It's okay, it's alright
I only came here just to see the bright lights
I'm okay, I'm alright
All I ever wanted was to see the bright lights

It's okay, it's alright
All I ever wanted was to see the bright lights
Yes I did

It's okay, it's alright
I only came here just to see the bright lights
It's okay, it's alright
I only came here just to see the bright lights
I only came here just to see the bright lights

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The bright lights of the big city
They taught us how to think, they taught us how to steal
Come on and steal me, steal me
You took your razor tongue to my lovin' eyes
You said "A time to live, now's the time to die"
Come on now die with me, die with me
Can't you see there must be more for me
You know you're livin' a lie
And so am I
You know I'd have a breakdown
But I don't have the time

I get up straight, I take my pill
I swallow it whole, I don't feel ill
It ain't a crime to live, it ain't a crime to die
It ain't a crime to walk in this big, big sky
Come on now walk with me, walk with me
Can't you see there must be more for me
You know you're livin' a lie
And so am I
I know you'd have a breakdown
But you don't have the time
And you're all messed up
Waiting for a sign
You want me to paint it
I haven't got the time

Take a ride with me

It ain't no crime to walk, it ain't no crime to fly
It ain't no crime to die, it ain't no crime to take a walk in
the big sky

The bright lights of the big city
They taught us how to think, they taught us how to see can you
(Twenty, twenty-first century breakdown)
Can't you see there must be more for me
You know you're livin' a lie
And so am I
I know you'd have a breakdown
But you don't have the time
And you're all messed up
Waiting for a sign
You want me to paint it
I haven't got the time
And it's making me crazy
I don't know where I fit
I guess in the end
We're all sick

Come on now ride with me, come on now ride with me
Come on now ride with me, come on now ride with me
Come on now ride with me, just take a ride with me
Twenty twenty twenty twenty twenty twenty-first
Twenty twenty twenty twenty-first
Twenty twenty twenty twenty twenty
(The bright lights of the big city)
Twenty twenty twenty twenty twenty sound
(The bright lights of the big city)
Twenty twenty twenty twenty twenty vision
(The bright lights of the big city)
Come on now ride with me
Come on now ride with me

Bright light
Light bright
Bright light
Light bright
Bright light
Light bright

We love the night and all the witchery

Hurried
Hunters
Helpless
Hitting
Horror
Hit
Hard
Holy
Halo
Hurried
Hunters
Helpless
Hitting
Hard
Helpless
Hurting
Holy
Halo
Helpless
Hurting
Holy
Halo

Bright light
Light bright
Bright light
Light bright
Light bright

Total nightmare
Darkness
Lightning crawls

Destruction
Human war
Misleading like you led the blind

Total nightmare
Darkness
Lightning crawls
Misleading like you led the blind

She got out of town
On a railway New York bound
Took all except my name
Another alien on Broadway

There's some things in this world
You just can't change
Somethings you can't see
Until it gets too late

Baby, baby, baby
When all your love is gone
Who will save me
From all I'm up against out in this world

Maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something
That's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around
And come on home

I got a hole in me now
yeah,I got a scar I can talk about
She keeps a picture of me
In her apartment in the city

Some things in this world
Man, they don't make sense
Some things you don't need
Until they leave you
And they're things that you miss

Baby, baby, baby
When all your love is gone
Who will save me
From all I'm up against out in this world
Maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something
That's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around
And come on home

Let that city take you in, come on home
Let that city spit you out, come on home
Let that city take you down, yeah
God's sake turn around

Baby, baby, baby
When all your love is gone
Who will save me
From all I'm up against in this world

Maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something
That's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around
And come on home
Come on home

Baby, baby, baby
Come on home
Yeah, come on home
Yeah, come on home

Please, don't leave me here
Cause I might not make it
Stop. Stop confusing things
With your twisted thinking
Wait, at the waters edge
I will meet you there

World it trembles as it starts to spin
Sky it cracked and now its falling in
There were bright lights, there were dollar signs
Ties that bind you

And we'll sail toward the light
Through the stars, through the night
And we'll sail toward the light
Through the stars, through the night

Feet may stumble if you leave the road
And theres no compass thatll guide you home
But there were bright lights, there were dollar $igns
Ties that bind you

And we'll sail toward the light
Through the stars, through the night
And we'll sail toward the light
Through the stars, through the night

She got out of town
On a railway New York bound
Took all except my name
Another alien on Broadway

Well some things in this world
You just can't change
Some things you can't see
Until it gets too late

Chorus:
Baby, baby, baby
When all your love is gone
Who will save me
From all I'm up against out in this world
And maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something
That's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around
And come on home

I got a hole in me now
I got a scar, I can talk about it
She keeps a picture of me
In her apartment in the city
Some things in this world
They don't make sense
Some things you don't need
Until they leave you
And they're things that you miss

(Chorus)

Let that city take you in
(Come on home)
Let that city spit you out
(Come on home)
Let that city take you down, yeah
For God's sake turn around

Baby, baby, baby
When all your love is gone
Who will save me
From all I'm up against out in this world
Yeah well maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something
That's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
Turn yourself around
And come on home
Yeah come on home
Baby, baby, baby, baby come on home
Yeah ome on home
Yeah come on home
Yeah come on home
Baby, baby, baby, baby come on home