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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Box Tops
The Box Tops
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Wayne Carson Thompson
Wayne Carson Thompson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dan Penn
Dan Penn
Producer
Bob Irwin
Bob Irwin
Mastering Engineer
Kip Smith
Kip Smith
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The city lights, the pretty lights
They can warm the coldest nights
All the people going places
Smiling with electric faces
What they find, the glow erases
And what they lose, the glow replaces
[Verse 2]
And life is love
In a neon rainbow
A neon rainbow
[Verse 3]
Moving lines, flashing signs
Blinking faster than the minds
Leading people with suggestions
Leaving no unanswered questions
You can live without direction
And it don't have to be perfection
[Verse 4]
And life is love
In a neon rainbow
A neon rainbow
[Verse 5]
But in the daytime, everything changes
Nothing remains the same
No one smiles anymore
And no one will open his door until the night time comes
[Verse 6]
And then the city light, the pretty lights
They can warm the coldest nights
All the people going places
Smiling with electric faces
What they find, the glow erases
And what they lose, the glow replaces
[Verse 7]
And life is love
In a neon rainbow
A neon rainbow
A neon rainbow
Written by: Wayne Carson Thompson

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