Because Mike Ford said it far better than I ever could :)
The Stars Shone on Toronto
When you live in a town of this size you get short-changed by evening skies
And forget about the dazzling display
Of that great eternal firmament that I always that we were meant
To see at the dark end of each day
But the smog and the lights from the buildings, roads and cars
Make you disbelieve there ever was a night
That the stars shone on Toronto
When the sun baked hot on an August day, our cherished AC went away
Disappeared in a chain reaction
Total Chaos said the news that night, the Mayor said silence gave him fright
And we prioritized in a whole new fashion
With the coins we found around the house in jars
Would we buy batteries or beer for the night
That the stars shone on Toronto
So kids played out in their front yards, and on porches folks played chess and cards
And laughter was the substitute
For a million home entertainment rooms and x-boxes silent in the gloom
PlayStations finally mute
And they lit candles in the windows and the balconies and in the bars
And we ate a lot of melting ice cream the night
That the stars shone on Toronto
A funny man directed traffic at Main and Kingston Road
And in a bar on Roncesvalles young boys sang old country odes
And we climbed up on a roof
And a thousand distant stars glowed
So when you live in a town with everything you find yourself wondering
Does it have to be so fast and on the make
In a flash the answer's within reach as you find yourself at Cherry Beach
And go swimmin' in a big forgotten lake
And you say "could we take a day every now and then
And live a little more like people way back when
On summer nights when the sky could be your friend"
So you close your eyes, sit back and pretend
That the moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, and Mars
Can touch you with the magic like the night
When the stars shone on Toronto
Yes the stars shone on Toronto....
When you live in a town of this size you get short-changed by evening skies
And forget about the dazzling display
Of that great eternal firmament that I always that we were meant
To see at the dark end of each day
But the smog and the lights from the buildings, roads and cars
Make you disbelieve there ever was a night
That the stars shone on Toronto
When the sun baked hot on an August day, our cherished AC went away
Disappeared in a chain reaction
Total Chaos said the news that night, the Mayor said silence gave him fright
And we prioritized in a whole new fashion
With the coins we found around the house in jars
Would we buy batteries or beer for the night
That the stars shone on Toronto
So kids played out in their front yards, and on porches folks played chess and cards
And laughter was the substitute
For a million home entertainment rooms and x-boxes silent in the gloom
PlayStations finally mute
And they lit candles in the windows and the balconies and in the bars
And we ate a lot of melting ice cream the night
That the stars shone on Toronto
A funny man directed traffic at Main and Kingston Road
And in a bar on Roncesvalles young boys sang old country odes
And we climbed up on a roof
And a thousand distant stars glowed
So when you live in a town with everything you find yourself wondering
Does it have to be so fast and on the make
In a flash the answer's within reach as you find yourself at Cherry Beach
And go swimmin' in a big forgotten lake
And you say "could we take a day every now and then
And live a little more like people way back when
On summer nights when the sky could be your friend"
So you close your eyes, sit back and pretend
That the moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, and Mars
Can touch you with the magic like the night
When the stars shone on Toronto
Yes the stars shone on Toronto....