Manhattan Moonlight
from Urban Waltzes
Written by: Alex Shelbourne
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
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