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The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles
Forget all your cares
And go downtown
Downtown

[Hotlanta Mike]

A British songwriter and producer named Tony Hatch wrote this. During the ‘60s, he wrote most of Clark’s material, including her follow-up hit “I Know a Place” (which also dealt with city life). Hatch was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013.