City Lights Lyrics

The little old lady sat on the porch of the farmhouse
The little old lady rocked back and forth and crocheted
"Oh, listen to the crickets, look at the rooster
Smell the hay," I told her
"And see the pretty little egg
That the hen just laid"
The little old lady took off her glasses and squinted
And how she responded literally had me floored

She said, "It′s nice to meet someone who appreciates
The beauty that nature initiates
It's sweet to hear
But me, my dear
I′m truly bored

I miss those city lights
Those sparkling city lights
Those twinkling city lights
Blurring my eyes
I love those city nights
The color of city sights
That shine under city lights
Tinting the skies

New-mown hay gives me hay fever
There's the rooster, where's my cleaver?
So laid back, my mind might crack
And when the thresher′s up
My pressure′s up
City lights

Oh, I long for those city lights
The bulbs of those beaming brights
Beckoning me there, be there
Take your crickets and go shove 'em
Urban crises, how I love ′em
Grim and grits and pretty city lights

Walking lanes to pick a daisy
That could drive a person crazy
Home-made bread lays here like lead
And Polly's Peach Preserves
Oh, please my nerves
City lights

How I long for those city lights
The bulbs of those beaming brights
Beckoning me there, oh, be there

Sties and stables sure are smelly
Let me sniff some kosher deli
Brightly lit by pretty city lights
Pluck your lily out of the valley
Let me sally up some alley
Dimly lit by pretty city lights
Country air means zilch to me
I won′t breathe nothin' I can′t see
So let me quit and hit

Those pretty city lights
Hit them city
Take me home now
City lights

Love them lights
Fairs and socials ain't no plusses
I score more on cross-town buses
Brightly lit by pretty city lights

Hold that udder and chain that butter
Me, I'd ruther chum some gutter
Dimly lit by pretty city lights

Swap those sows, go on and fill your pails
Honey, just let me plant my bums down in Bloomingdale′s
Yes, let me quit and hit
Those pretty city lights
Love them city

Take them lights