Leave the Light On

Lyrics:

• If I were young again, I’d pay attention - To that little-known dimension
• A taste of endless time
• It's just like water – it runs right through our fingers
• But the flavor of it lingers - Like a rich, red wine
• In those days we were single – we lived them one by one
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• Now we hardly see ‘em – they don’t walk - they run
• But I've got plenty left I’ve set my sight on
• Don’t wait up - Leave the light on - I’ll be – home - soon


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• I’ve never seen my life in such a hurry - But if I stop to worry – I get left behind
• It’s just a party, but you don’t get invitations – and there’s just one destination
• You better be on time.
• For years we rhymed in couplets - And we sang ‘em two by two
• Now we hardly rhyme at all – but here’s a few
• And if they hurt, there’s bullets left to bite on
• Don’t wait up - Leave the light on - I’ll be – home - soon


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• That drummer in my head needs inspiration
• There’s a lack of syncopation – and it holds me to a line
• It’s just so hard to leave these cages that we’re thinking
• By stages we’re just sinkin’ - to a slow decline
• For years we lived in waltz time – we danced them three by three
• Now it’s hard to dance, but if you stick with me –
• We’ve got what we need to spend the night on -
• Don’t wait up - Leave the light on - I’ll be – home - soon


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• These races that we’ve run were not for glory -
• No moral to this story –
• We run for peace of mind.
• But the race we’re running now is never-ending –
• space and time are bending
• And there’s no finish line -
• I will live to be a hundred - I was born in ’44 - 33 to go, but I ain’t keepin’ score -
• I've been left for dead before - but I still fight on –
• Don’t wait up – Leave the light on
• I’ll be home soon


• 'Cause I been left for dead before - but I still fight on –
• Don’t wait up – Leave the light on
• I’ll be home soon