SCOTT WALKER - LIGHTS OF CINCINNATI

LIGHTS OF CINCINNATI

SCOTT WALKER

SONGWRITERS: GEOFF STEPHENS & TONY MCAUIEY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: IT’S RAINING TODAY: THE SCOTT WALKER STORY(1967-70)

LABEL: PHILIPS RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK POP

YEAR: 1996

 

     "Lights of Cincinnati" is a song written by the English songwriters Tony Macaulay and Geoff Stephens which was first a song for the American singer-songwriter Scott Walker in 1969. The song was Walker's third solo single in the UK. The accompaniment was directed by Peter Knight.

       "Lights of Cincinnati" was a moderate hit spending ten weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at Nº 13 in July 1969. The single also made the Irish Singles Chart peaking at No. 20.

       While not included on the concurrently released Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Series album or Scott 3 album from March, the song replaced "30 Century Man" on US editions of Scott 3. The single was backed with the 1969 Scott 3 album track "Two Weeks Since You've Gone". The accompaniment of the b-side was directed by Angela Morley.

I remember still, I guess I always will

That winters day I took the west bound flight

As I looked down from the plane

You were standing in the rain

You waved goodbye

Till I was out of sight

 

And I can see them shining

Through the Willows and the Pines

The lights of Cincinatti

Oh, so many miles behind

I could build myself a new life

And make it on my own

But the lights of Cincinnati

Will be calling me back home

 

Sometimes late at night

I watch the fire light

Make pictures of a life that used to be

For a moment I'm back there

In that same old rocking chair

You look across the room

And smile at me

 

And I can see them shining

Through the Willows and the Pines

The lights of Cincinatti

Oh, so many miles behind

I could build myself a new life

And make it on my own

But the lights of Cincinnati

Will be calling me back home

 

But the lights of Cincinnati

Will be callin' me back home.