Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Watch the stars turn you to nothing
Now blush and smile as they whisk you away
Part your lips a bit more, I'll swallow your fear
I will show you how
All the bite marks impress
A need to be here
A need to see...
City lights, like rain
Dance and explode
Fall upon debutants
Reeling from nights that
Kiss and control
All of our broken hearts
Velvet burns the wrists while restraining
You blushed and smiled and you said you would stay
One more time steal my breath, I'll feed you the sky
I will show you how
Steal the glamour from death and before you die
Oh you should see
City lights, like rain
Dance and explode
Fall upon debutants
Reeling from nights that
Kiss and control
All of our broken hearts
"We all want to die like movie stars," you said as you jumped from the height of our cutting room floor while above us, glowing, exploding, our dreams burst forth in light and death. Hold me and tell me "We'll burn like stars. We'll burn as we fall. Watch as city lights dance for us."
City lights, like rain
Dance and explode
Fall upon debutants
Reeling from nights that
Kiss and control
All of our broken hearts
Now blush and smile as they whisk you away
Part your lips a bit more, I'll swallow your fear
I will show you how
All the bite marks impress
A need to be here
A need to see...
City lights, like rain
Dance and explode
Fall upon debutants
Reeling from nights that
Kiss and control
All of our broken hearts
Velvet burns the wrists while restraining
You blushed and smiled and you said you would stay
One more time steal my breath, I'll feed you the sky
I will show you how
Steal the glamour from death and before you die
Oh you should see
City lights, like rain
Dance and explode
Fall upon debutants
Reeling from nights that
Kiss and control
All of our broken hearts
"We all want to die like movie stars," you said as you jumped from the height of our cutting room floor while above us, glowing, exploding, our dreams burst forth in light and death. Hold me and tell me "We'll burn like stars. We'll burn as we fall. Watch as city lights dance for us."
City lights, like rain
Dance and explode
Fall upon debutants
Reeling from nights that
Kiss and control
All of our broken hearts
Lyrics submitted by Word_up
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Watch the stars turn you to nothing. Now blush and smile as they whisk you away. Part your lips a bit more. I'll swallow your fear. I will show you how all the bite makrs impress a need to be hear, a need to see city lights, like rain, dance and explode, fall upon debutants reeling from nights that kiss and control all of our broken hearts. Velvet burns the wrists while restraining. You blushed and smiled and said you would stay. One more time steal my breath, I'll feed you the sky. I will show you how. Steal the glamour from death and before you die, oh, you should see city lights, like rain, dance and explode, fall upon debutants reeling like nights thats kiss and control all of our broken hearts. "We all want to die like movie stars." you said as you jumped from the height of our cutting room floor while above us, glowing, exploding, our dreams burst forth in light and death. Hold me and tell me "We'll burn like stars. We'll burn as we fall. Watch as city lights dance for us."