The bay is shining like a movie screen Silver waves and gasoline The bridge lights tremble in the air I look for you but you're not there A taxi turns by the harbor side I see our past in the turning tide The night is warm, the city wide But something in me cannot hide Every light across the water Looks like something we once knew But the closer that I get there The more I lose the view You were just a bay city mirage Fading in the morning light Something beautiful and broken Dancing on the edge of sight You were just a bay city mirage But I followed you so far Now the sea is turning golden And I don't know where you are Mirage, mirage Over the bay Mirage, mirage Drifting away The radio plays a softer tune Underneath a fading moon I roll the windows open wide And let the ocean come inside I used to think that love would stay Like towers glowing across the bay But even lights that seem so near Can disappear when dawn is here If you were only water If you were only light Why do I still remember The way you held me tight? You were just a bay city mirage Fading in the morning light Something beautiful and broken Dancing on the edge of sight You were just a bay city mirage But I followed you so far Now the sea is turning golden And I don't know where you are
