Bright Lights

Album: Blood on the Bricks (1991)
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  • A small town boy with a big time dream
    Jimmy was a bonified rocking machine
    He said one day I'm going to show the world
    Exactly what I've got

    He took a pull out sixteen and made a deal
    For an iron horse and rocking steel
    And then he hit the highway
    He ain't turning back no more
    Let it ride

    First gear, he's off and running
    Second gear, can you feel it coming
    Catch the wind and ride, to heaven

    Bright lights, big city
    I've got a six-string up
    So I'm down and dirty
    I'm gonna rock a little bit
    Shake a little bit
    Well I've got a dream and it just won't quit

    Bright lights (bright lights), big city (big city)
    And here I come and you better get ready
    'Cause moving up loving it feeling alive
    Get on the world and ride
    Gonna make it to the other side

    Jackie was just a small town girl
    When she really lived in another world
    One where she was a queen just like you know her gene

    So she packed her bags and she said goodbye
    Little boy called Jimmy hitched a ride
    And together they rode off to the thrills of Hollywood
    Let it ride

    First gear, they're off and running
    Second gear, can you feel it coming
    Catch the wind and ride, to heaven

    Bright lights, big city
    I'm heading out to the big time don't you worry
    I cry a little bit, laugh a little bit
    'Cause we got a dream and it just won't quit

    Bright lights (bright lights), big city (big city)
    What we find might not be pretty
    But we're moving up, loving it, feeling alive
    Get on the world and ride to make it to the other side

    Bright lights, bright lights, bright lights

    First gear, that's right
    Catch the wind and ride, to heaven

    Bright lights (bright lights), big city (big city)
    What you find might not be pretty
    So you cry a little bit, laugh a little bit
    Only you got a dream you just don't quit

    Bright lights (bright lights), big city (big city)
    You gotta move like a freight train slow and steady
    But you moving up, loving it, feeling alive
    Get on the world and ride to make it to the other side

    You got to find the bright lights Writer/s: Aldo Caporuscio, Aldo Nova
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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