City Lights

The sights and sounds

where the nightlife abounds

a thousand people screaming

"just one more round!"

The drunks, the punks

the pushers and their drugs

the crooks and the thugs

all part of the nightlife

they all creep out after twilight.

All of this when the city sleeps

with the crime and the grime

it's enough to make you weep as

you wade through it all knee deep.

But like a promise morning

always comes, the sun shines

flowers bloom and children play

because in the city it's just

another day.