Manhattan Moonlight

from Urban Waltzes

Take my hand, let’s turn back the page

Tilt our heads to a sky from a different age

Shades of black and blue, just the stars and you

But these days the light quickly stops

Dissipates among mile-high building tops

Space growing thin, the dark closing in

Now neon shines from electric signs on these metal skies

And this city’s made, where what’s real we trade, for the highs

But every street lamp burning bright

Every taxi cab in sight

All of Broadway’s shining lights

And I’m longing for you

Manhattan Moonlight

Now I find here the more I’ve grown

Higher up grows this skyline of my own

Wrapped around my head and heart like a wall

So when genuine light slips through

Taking form of someone just like you

All the light my way gets pushed away

But high demands and one night stands numb me to the bone

And like all in this town, when the sun goes down, I’m alone

But every street lamp burning bright

Every taxi cab in sight

All of Broadway’s shining lights

And I’m longing for you

With the Brooklyn Bridge at night

With the Garden’s names in lights

From downtown to Washington Heights

I’m longing for you

Manhattan Moonlight

Manhattan Moonlight shine on down

I’ll find every blinding light in this city and I’ll shut ‘em down

And I’ll find the highest roof, and wait, endlessly devout

To you, my light when other lights go out

Every street lamp burning bright

Every taxi cab in sight

Every lonely, sleepless night

I’m longing for you

Manhattan Moonlight