City Lights

The stars they sure shine brighter out here

And we've got nothing much to do

The same old ghosts come around

Running aground on the lonely avenue

All drowning in good cheer

Nooks and crannies telling stories up and down the block

About which ones went to heaven

Which ones got left on the carving block

Should have, could have

If you'd had the chance do you really think you would have

done it any different than you did?

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And the days fly by on their own

And the names fade away all unknown

And the walls fall down overgrown

Empty, broken down, and all alone

Looking out the window never in the looking glass

Faces fade and sites degrade but it will all come back

Every orchestral escape and every early kill

Will leave another empty space to fill

A portrait is the sum of all its parts and so much more

And you're a part of mine as I hope I'm a part of yours

Those bright old stars sealed up in jars are shining all they can

While heavy clouds just keep on rolling in

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The stars they still shine brighter out there

And in that gentle light the scars don't show

Counting down until closing time

Shaking, breaking, gasping in the glow

Of the last town down the line