City Lights

The sirens call their lonesome song I can hear them in the wind
I feel like I’m lost somewhere with so much to begin
But nothing about this city reminds me of home
And nothing of what you say will keep me from where I’m going
The neighbors in the alley, I can hear them as they pass
The leaves are falling from these trees who’s branches will never last
But nothing about this city reminds me of you
Somehow I know these brick walls, they’ll carry me through
Because these city lights
Know that I will wait for them
Because these city lights, light the way
Because these city lights walk me home past the river
Because these city lights know my name, they know my name
And this river carries me and my feet home to sing
Of the falling old reminders now carried off to sea
But something about this place takes me back to when I was young
And running through the fields under a warm northern sun
Because these city lights, know that I will wait for them
Because these city lights, know my name
Because these city lights walk me home passed the river
Because these city lights light the way, they light the way
And I remember ever street that I have walked upon
And I remember every face that has carried me along
And I’ll spend all my days, in search of the light
The light that leads me to you
The one that takes me home tonight
And I hope these city lights, will call me home forever
And I hope these city lights know that I have found a home
And I hope these city lights still walk me home passed the river
To this town, to this city I now love
To this town, to this city I now love