Oh Johnny was a dark child he was promised to us all
But riders in the night can lift you out of sight when they call
that's all

But Sally was a princess and she was chosen for the crown
But chains can't stop the sound of one night in the city one
night looking pretty yeah

Then someone opened doorways and Johnny slipped away
Running for the bright where dark is always light but there's no
day no way

The princess saw the dark child and the dark child said her name
come steal away we'll play the game
Do you watch do you see do you know the people in me I'm the

bite I'm the bark I'm the scream
I'm the poor I'm the sure I'm the holy I'm the pure I can tell
you tales you just might not believe

One night in the city one night looking pretty one night in the
city one night looking pretty
One night one night one night one night one night one night

Yeah the children shared the wonder of the leather and the
lace
But one child went away and one child stayed to play for one

night in the city
One night looking pretty yeah one night in the city one night
touching pretty

But chains don't make a wall and dreams lay where they fall
Dark is never night when dreams make up the light one night in
the city

One night feeling pretty yeah one night in the city feeling
pretty pretty pretty
Pretty in the city one night in the city yeah one night one

night one night one night
One night in the city one night one night oh one child went
away

And one child stayed to play chains don't make a wall
Your dreams are made up where they fall one night in the city