The City Cries at Night Song Lyrics and Chords by Jim Ed Brown
The City Cries at Night
Recorded by Jim Ed Brown
Written by Eddie Miller
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Have you ever stopped and listened at the way that a city sheds its
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tears
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streams of the junky who needs nothing more than just a needle
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by
I can smell a grass a burnin' some fool next door wants to charge his
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mind
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apartment walls are thin and the sound just walks right in
Tells me how the city cries at
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night
Some drunk he stumbles from the curb and mumbles and he tries to hail a
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cab
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woman runs out from a bar a shoutin' that her lover's in a
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fight
That old meat wagon's rollin' I guess somebody's either heard her
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died
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corner preacher just begins to tell us all about our sins
That's another way the city cries at
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night
I hear a siren whinin' and that sound don't help to lift a lonely
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soul
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smell the rubber burnin' two cats are draggin' out from light to
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light
Some wino walks along the curb and drinks his empty bottle in the
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street
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apartment walls are thin and the sound just walks right in
Tells me how the city cries at
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night
The jet eats up the runway as it moans and groans and reaches for the
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blue
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baby rides her wings she's got a lovin' with some swingin' disco
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guy
She left her screamin' heart behind when her lips made the sound of
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goodbye
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apartment walls are thin and the sound just walks right in
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night
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walls of my heart are thin and the hurt it just walks right in
Tells me how the city cries at
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night
FAQ
Who sang the the song The City Cries at Night?
- The song The City Cries at Night was sang by Jim Ed Brown.
Who is Jim Ed Brown?
- James Edward Brown (April 1, 1934 - June 11, 2015) was an American country singer-songwriter who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of the Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with fellow country music vocalist Helen Cornelius, through 1981. Brown was also the host of the Country Music Greats Radio Show, a syndicated country music program from Nashville, Tennessee.
