(Oohhhh oohhhh)
I live in a city people want to move into,
I do all the things that people say they wanna do.
But when the songs that we write don't shake the college student loans,
Everybody in town wants to move back home.

Dark in the city
Dark, dark in the city.
Yeah but there's a light on the inside, light on the inside.
Dark in the city
Dark, dark in the city
There's a little light on the inside...light on the inside

(Ooohh ooh oooh oooh)
All the shops on my street, only sell expensive things
We have everything that nobody really needs,
But if you go a little further, a little further down the road,
The families live on food stamps and the kids wear worn out clothes.

Dark in the city
Dark, dark in the city.
Yeah but there's a light on the inside, light on the inside.
Dark in the city
Dark, dark in the city
There's a little light on the inside...light on the inside

(Ooohh ooh oooh oooh) (Ooh ooohh)
Everybody knows her from the corner down the street
Because she asks for money from everybody that she meets.
But no one knows the demons, putting words inside her mouth.
She used to be a street lamp, now her light is going out.

Dark in the city
Dark, dark in the city.
Yeah but there's a light on the inside, light on the inside.
Dark in the city
Dark, dark in the city
there's a little light ohhhhhhhh
(Ooohh ooh oooh oooh)