Lyrics

City of Angels
Words & Music by Dave Nachmanoff

I’ll never forget the first night I came
With the lights like a million stars from the plane
And my hopes and ambitions much higher than we had been flying
With the babble of voices and colors and sounds
I called for a taxi to take me downtown
And the jumble of feelings that came stealing over my mind
Wondering, wishing, and fishing to see what I’d find


CHORUS:
In my city of angels, where the seraphim speak
In a thousand tongues
City of angels, with your lights oh so bright
And I’m saying goodbye,
Goodbye now, to my city of angels

Like ten thousand others, I’d followed a dream
And I quickly discovered things aren’t what they seem
I tilted the usual windmills and I took a few scars
In that fairyland phantasmagorical swirl
Of snake-oil dream spinners and beautiful girls
The whiskey-throat nights I spent singing in street-corner bars
Losing again and again with each turn of the cards

(CHORUS)

Now I lie in the alley as the traffic rolls by
Out on Sunset the Hollywood night comes to life
And this bottle beside me is as empty as a Montana sky
Well the stars out of focus look just like the lights
They’re kaleidoscopes spinning and shining so bright
I feel my soul lift and the tears they start filling my eyes
Angels are lifting me up, and I’m waving goodbye

(to my) (CHORUS)
(my city of angels, my city of angels)

Drums and Percussion – Victor; Bass – Ian; Hammond Organ and Accordion – Bob; Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Piano – Dave; Backing Vocals – John, Liz, Rosemary, Dave, Ronan