Bright lights big city Burned my baby's eyes And like a fool i swallowed My baby's lies I followed her round like a dog Et up her lies like a hog And just as i'm set to explode She says daddy don't leave me Newsman says people like her Are born under a bad sign They said they found a knife In my baby's hands Well i was not there at the time But afterwards i read the headlines She looks up at me with those brown eyes Says daddy don't leave me Believe me I climb to the top of a no tree hill Stare hard as i can at the sun I say why did you have to rise today ? And what did she mean to you anyway ? It will take a strong anaesthetic To keep her away Nightly i rinse out my blood To clean off the mark she made I'm going back home now To be of some help, be of some good For a while then i could have been a goner I could have been lost for good Bright lights! drink up, it's getting Dimmer now! bright lights! Getting darker now Bright lights big city Burned my baby's eyes And like a fool i swallowed My baby's lies I followed her round like a lap-dog Et up her lies like a sap-hog And just as i'm set to explode She says daddy don't leave me Leave me, don't believe me Don't leave me