I wake up early All the morning light shines in All the walls are paper thin I can't afford this city I love her just the same It's a twisted kind of game I could move to the country Escape some of the noise But I'd miss my city boy Oh, and just when I'm done Suddenly it's Friday night We dress up, shining Bodies grinding You make me forget Between the bass and the black light And I'm feeling like you, you, you Oh, you are the city to me You, you, you You are the city to me We fell in love on sidewalks On congested streets It's the way you both held me You kiss me in skyscrapers And never let me fall As we rise above it all Oh, and just when I'm done We walk home at 2am Lips and hands in taxi cabs I wake up, wanna do it all again And I'm feeling like you, you, you Oh, you are the city to me You, you, you You are the city to me Late night on the Lion's Gate The lock turns with your key And I know that this is home for me Late night on the Lion's Gate The lock turns with your key And I know that this is home for me Late night on the Lion's Gate The lock turns with your key And I know that this is home for me Late night on the Lion's Gate The lock turns with your key And I know