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City Lights (North Country Girl)

from Broken Rebels by John Hewitt

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City Lights (North Country Girl) was initially written out of anger, a Dear John letter to the big city. But then it took a turn and became a love story about a midwestern girl setting her sights on bigger and better things no matter what the town or city looks like.

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CITY LIGHTS (NORTH COUNTRY GIRL)

In a coat of eiderdown
A leather suitcase from a strip mall lost and found
Salvation Army discount wedding gown
All the folks back home won’t recognize her now
All the girls back home are jealous of her now

So say goodbye to your city lights
They’ve done nothing for me
Say goodbye to your city lights
They’ve done nothing for me
North country girl don’t get me high
North country girl don’t get me high
And here she come’s a cryin’
Here she comes a cryin’ again

I always wondered where she’d go
Midwestern girl a galaxy from home
Two steppin’ bar stool queen with a heart of gold
But all the folks back home won’t recognize her now
All the girls back home are jealous of her now

(CHORUS)

You don't want to know about mans salvation
You don’t want to know about what they done
Backstreet lovers in the heart of the nation
Russian roulette with a fully loaded gun
You don’t want to know what the good Lord gave her
You don’t want to know what the bad man took
You just want to see a happy ever after
A Hollywood tale from a hopeless book
And here she comes a cryin’ here she comes a cryin’ again

Solo/Chorus

-John Hewitt-

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from Broken Rebels, released May 24, 2023
John Hewitt: Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Piano, Percussion
Jordan Dempster: Drums
Connor Miskiman: Bowed Upright Bass
Mastered by Brendan Lyons
Produced by John Hewitt

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John Hewitt Edmonton, Alberta

John Hewitt was born in Northern Ontario. From an early age he took inspirations from the arts to create a bond between expression and emotion. From the Beat Generation to the Beatles, Quentin Tarantino to John Steinbeck all of the images in John's songs have some relation to the giants before him. ... more

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