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(Somebody) Leave the Lights On

from Photographs of 1971 by Don DiLego

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Somebody leave the lights on
Did somebody see what I saw?
What I saw tonight
So settle me down
This day's been too long
And I'm drifting in time
Watching the clock fall to the ground
With the lights on
From the moment you live
Til the moment you die
There's a picture of you in the frame of your life
Where you're wanting to break
From your life on a chain
And that's all you need
Somebody leave the lights on
I've been hopelessly waiting for someone
To lend me the match
I'll strike on a stone
A spark in the air
Lighting up everything I own
With the lights on
The moment you live
Til the moment you die
There's a picture of you in the frame of your life
Where you're wanting to break
From your life on a chain
And that's all you need
Could somebody leave the lights on
So I can see what I have done
The moment you live
Til the moment you die
There's a picture of you in the blink of an eye
Where you're wanting to break
From your life on a chain
When you're willing to crawl
Through the worst of it all
Cause it's all in your mind
And it's all in your head
And that's all you need

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from Photographs of 1971, released July 18, 2006
Don DiLego - Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Piano, Mellotron, Tambourine, Mini-drums, Noises
Gregg Williams - Drums, Shaker
Erik Wiley Olsen - Bass

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Don DiLego New York, New York

Formerly NYC based singer-songwriter now chopping firewood in the Poconos. Still recording that damn new album at his studio on the woods.

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