Night In The City (Live Broadcast 1966)

This a song about night in your favourite city wherever that may be
And probably to be in the right frame of mood for it
You should think of yourself wandering in that city with no money to spend
Maybe window shopping or just sort of looking at people
Looking at all the free things
Not so much sitting in a club and looking at some crazy singer up on the stage
Probably peeking around corners from outside 'cause you don't have enough money to go in
That's the right frame of mind for this song
Goes like this

Light up, light up
Light up your lazy blue eyes
Moon's up nights up
Taking the town by surprise
Nighttime, nighttime
Day left an hour ago
City lighttime
Must you get ready so slow
There are places to come from and places to go

Night in the city looks pretty to me
Night in the city looks fine
Music comes spilling out into the street
Colors go flashing in time

Take off, take off
Take off your stay-at-home shoes
Break off, shake off
Chase off those stay-at-home blues
Stairway, stairway
Down to the crowds in the street
They go their way
Looking for faces to greet
But we run on laughing with no one to meet

Night in the city looks pretty to me
Night in the city looks fine
Music comes spilling out into the street
Colors go flashing in time

Light up, light up
Light up your lazy blue eyes
Moon's up nights up
Taking the town by surprise
Nighttime, nighttime
Day left an hour ago
City lighttime
Must you get ready so slow
There are places to come from and places to go

Night in the city looks pretty to me
Night in the city looks fine
Music comes spilling out into the street
Colors go waltzing in time