Origin of Jenkins Stage Name--------- Jenkins felt that his real name wasn't marketable, and he changed his show business name in 1957. (Harold Lloyd Jenkins would always remain his legal name, however). Looking at a road map, he spotted Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas. Thus, he went with the professional name of "Conway Twitty".[citation needed]
Alternatively, Jenkins met a Richmond, VA, man named W. Conway Twitty Jr. through Jenkins' manager in a New York City restaurant. The manager served in the army with the real Conway Twitty. Later, the manager suggested to Jenkins that he take the name as his stage name because it had a ring to it. The Richmond Conway Twitty subsequently recorded the song, "What's in a Name But Trouble," in the mid-1960s, lamenting the loss of his name to Jenkins. The flip side of the 45 RPM record was "The Purple, Purple People Eater, Eater." (The more well known version of Purple People Eater, however, now having sold over 100,000,000 copies, was recorded by Sheb Wooley.)
City Lights
Conway Twitty Lyrics
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The great white way shines through the night for lonely guys like me
The cabarets and honky-tonks their flashing signs invite
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights.
Lights that say forget her name in a glass of sherry wine
Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine
They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright
The world was dark and God made stars to brighten up the night
But God who put the stars above I don't believe made those lights
For it's just a place for men to cry when things don't turn out right
Just a place to run away and hide behind those city lights
In the song "City Lights" by Conway Twitty, the singer describes the city lights as a refuge for lonely hearts like his own. He marvels at the brightness that stretches as far as he can see, illuminating the great white way through the night. The flashing signs of cabarets and honky-tonks promise brief distractions, offering pretty pictures of a gay and bright world. But to Conway, they are only masks for loneliness. He suggests that these lights were not made by God, who put the stars above to brighten the dark world. Instead, these bright city lights are a place for men to hide and cry when things don't turn out as they'd hoped.
Conway captures the paradox of city life and the allure of its distractions. The city lights offer a temporary escape for the lonely, offering brief moments of pleasure and respite from heartache. But, like a mask, they do not offer a true, lasting solution. They cover up or hide the inner turmoil that too often accompanies existence in the urban jungle. Instead of stars that shine with a natural beauty bestowed by God above, the city lights are man-made, a symbol of human folly and loneliness.
Line by Line Meaning
A bright array of city lights as far as I can see
I can see many city lights that twinkle and shine
The great white way shines through the night for lonely guys like me
The lights of the city center offer something to look at during the night for guys like me who are feeling lonely
The cabarets and honky-tonks their flashing signs invite
The clubs and bars with their flashing lights are beckoning me to come in
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights.
I can forget about my broken heart by getting lost in the bright city lights
Lights that say forget her name in a glass of sherry wine
The lights tell me to forget about the girl who broke my heart and drink some sherry wine
Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine
The lights offer other girls for men like me who feel empty without love
They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright
The lights create a beautiful image of a world that is cheerful and full of light
But it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights.
However, this image is just hiding the loneliness that exists behind the city lights
The world was dark and God made stars to brighten up the night
The world used to be dark, so God created stars to light up the night
But God who put the stars above I don't believe made those lights
I don't think that God created these city lights
For it's just a place for men to cry when things don't turn out right
The city lights are a place for men to go and cry when their lives don't turn out as planned
Just a place to run away and hide behind those city lights
The city lights are just a place to escape and hide from the difficulties of life
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