One Night In The City

album: "The Last In Line" (1984)



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Oh Johnny was a dark child
he was promised to us all
But riders in the night can lift
you out of sight when they call that's all
But Sally was a princess and
she was chosen for the crown

But chains can't stop the sound of one night in
 the city one night looking pretty yeah
Then someone opened doorways and Johnny slipped away
Running for the bright where dark is
always light but there's no day no way

The princess saw the dark child
and the dark child said her name come steal
away we'll play the game
Do you watch do you see do you know
 the people in me I'm the bite I'm the bark I'm the scream
I'm the poor I'm the sure I'm the holy I'm the pure

 I can tell you tales you just might not believe
One night in the city one night looking pretty
 one night in the city one night looking pretty
One night one night one night one night one night one night
Yeah the children shared the wonder of the leather and the lace

But one child went away and one child
stayed to play for one night in the city
One night looking pretty yeah one night
in the city one night touching pretty

But chains don't make a wall
and dreams lay where they fall
Dark is never night when dreams make up the ligh
t one night in the city

One night feeling pretty yeah
one night in the city feeling pretty pretty pretty
Pretty in the city one night in the city yeah
one night one night one night one night

One night in the city one night one night
 oh one child went away
And one child stayed to play chains
 don't make a wall
Your dreams are made up
where they fall one night in the city