lyrics

I go to sleep,
before the devil wakes
and I wake up,
before the angels take
all my worldly desires
all my yardsticks of fear
hangin' down
hangin' down

I go to sleep,
before the devil wakes
and I wake up,
before the angels take
all my secrets untold
all my motives unclear
hangin' down in the fire
burnin' them higher
won't take them away from here

and long after we're gone
the lights will stay on
the lights will stay on

watch the city ... city of crows
watch them fly,
watch 'em all flyin' low

out above the flood plain
just above the dirt road
they were hungry as winter,
hungry as us
not afraid to be flyin',
not afraid to be lost

and long after we're gone
the lights will stay on
the lights will stay on

and if you bury me,
add three feet to it
one for your sorrow,
two for your sweat
three for the strange
things we never forget

and long after we're gone
the lights will stay on
the lights will stay on

and long after we're safe
the lights will not fade
the lights will not fade



The Walkabouts - The Light Will Stay On - 1996