When you sit on the train are you hit by the way that the city lights surround you? Late at night when you ride do you look outside? Do you see it bright like I do? All the people the places, the city faces they all take me in All around, all the lost,all the found, all the everything in every instant Oh Chicago knows how small we are How bright she shines in the dark Oh and though I go, she's in my heart Chicago holds me when I fall apart Why do we try to be everything everybody tell us that we should be? Why do I try to hide in the city lights from the people all around me? Oh Chicago you know I could never be the one to change it all
But as I walk down the street, I can feel, I can need, I can fade into your walls Oh Chicago knows how small we are How bright she shines in the dark Oh and though I go, she's in my heart Chicago holds me when I fall apart And though tomorrow's always on my mind I guess I gotta give it time... Oh Chicago knows how small we are How bright she shines in the dark Oh and though I go, she's in my heart Chicago holds me when I fall Oh Chicago knows how small we are How bright she shines in the dark Oh and though I go, she's in my heart Chicago holds me when I fall apart