Ooh, city lights
Ooh, city lights

Raised in a place that was painted on the silver screen
Crowds forever roaring, busy avenues, and the nights unseen
If I can rise in this land, I can rise in any land, that's what they claim
See my name in the glow, watch it blaze on the show signs down the main

Even when it cuts too deep, I've got a pocket full of dreams

Baby, it's the city of stars
Concrete heaven built out of scars
There's nothin' you can't chase
Now you're in the city of stars
These roads will shape you brand new
High beams will move you
Sing it for the city of stars, stars, stars

On the boulevard, there's no limit or guard, dreamers push so hard
Such a tapestry, every turn another prayer, another scar
Flag a midnight ride, racing low from the Heights to the southern span
Someone sleeps tonight chasing hope stronger than what's in their hands

I will make it by design, with a pocket full of shine

Baby, it's the city of stars
Concrete heaven built out of scars
There's nothin' you can't chase
Now you're in the city of stars
These roads will shape you brand new
High beams will move you
Sing it for the city of stars, stars, stars

One hand in the sky for the skyline
Street sounds, raw dreams, golden lifelines
No other place can ever compare
Raise your voices in the air, everybody sing: Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

In the city of stars
Concrete heaven built out of scars
There's nothin' you can't chase
Now you're in the city of stars
These roads will shape you brand new
High beams will move you
Sing it for the city of stars

Ooh, city lights
Ooh, city lights