Wicked City Lights
He looks out the window, of a big ole Greyhound bus
Sees the neon lights, flicker off and on
After paying for a ticket to the city
All the money in his pocket is gone
He's gotta find a place, he can lay down and sleep
He dont know a single soul in town
Tomorrow he'll look for a job so he can eat
But tonight he feels his whole world crashing down
(Chorus)
Wicked city lights shine like diamonds in the night
When youre backwoods country green and just seventeen
You grow up fast on city streets, or go down in defeat
Thats how it goes ... No in-between
Neath these wicked city lights
This citys tough, but so is, as he walks these streets tonight
Daddys words and Mamas prayers, are all he has to hold
Hell grow into a man, beneath these beaming city lights
And the demons'll lose the battle for his soul
(Chorus)
(rereat chours and turnaround)
Copr. Lonnie C. Ratliff & Ed Bentley
