Keith Carradine - The Lights lyrics

Left your home at 23 suitcase full of (gin?)

Thought you had the perfect getaway

Stole yourself across the hills

You stole and stole again

Now the lights don't shine cause you're away

Stuffed that suitcase full with dirty hundred dollar bills

Leaving for another holiday

Found yourself surrounded by the city's finest clowns

Now the the lights don't shine when you're away


Must have been a memory put you back at sea

You were never much for big displays

Well the devil seems to think these complications suit you well

Cause the lights don't shine when you're away

Staring at that picture in your mommas dining room

Taken just before your birthday

She keeps asking if I know when you'll be coming home

Cause the lights don't shine when you're away


Must have been a memory put you back at sea

You were never much for big displays

Pack that suitcase every night if it sets your mind at ease

Cause Running ain't an easy trait


Well the devil seems to think these complications suit you well

Cause the lights don't shine when you're away


Cause the lights don't shine while you're away






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