City Lights

Album: Sundown Heaven Town (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song finds McGraw singing over an acoustic guitar about taking his girl on a drive into the country where there's a view looking out over the lights of the city. The song was penned by Canadian country singer-songwriter Deric Ruttan whose other credits include "What Was I Thinkin'" by Dierks Bentley and "Mine Would Be You" by Blake Shelton.
  • McGraw debuted the song on the May 20, 2014 season finale of The Voice.

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