leave the light on chords and lyrics - CHRIS SMITHER

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[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D][A][D]
[G][D][A][D]

[Verse 1]
If I [D]were young [G]again,
[D]I'd pay at[G]tention
To that little known dimension,
[D]a taste of endl[A]ess time
It's just [D]like water,
it runs right through [G]our fingers
But the flavor of it linger[D]s like a[A] rich,
red [D]wine
[A]In those

[Verse 2]
days we were single,
[D]we lived them one by one
[A]Now we hardly see 'em,
they [G]don't walk, they run
[A]But[D] I've got plenty left,
I've set [G]my sight on
Don't wait up, leave [D]the light on,
I'll [A]be home soon

[Interlude 1]
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[D]

[Verse 3]
I'd never [D]seen my life in such [G]a hurry
But if I stop to worry[D], I get left b[A]ehind
It's like [D]a party,
but you don't get invit[G]ations
And there's just one destina[D]tion,
you better [A]be on [D]time
[A]For years,

[Verse 4]
we rhymed in couplets
and [D]we sang 'em two by two
[A]Now we hardly rhyme at all,
[G]but here's a f[A]ew
[D]And if they hurt,
there's bullets left [G]to bite on
Don't wait up, leave [D]the light on,
I'll [A]be home soon

[Interlude 2]
[D][G][D][A]
[D]

[Verse 5]
That [D]drummer in my head
needs in[G]spiration
There's a lack of syncopation,
[D]and it holds me to a l[A]ine
It's just so hard [D]to leave these
cages that [G]we're thinking
By stages, we're just sink
[D]in' to a [A]slow decline

[Verse 6]
[D]For[A] years, we lived in waltz time,
and [D]we danced three by three
[A]Now it's hard to dance,
but if [G]you stick with [A]me
[D]We've got what we need
to spend [G]the night on
Don't wait up, leave [D]the light on,
I'll [A]be home soon

[Interlude 3]
[D][G][D][A]
[D][G][D][A]
[D]

[Verse 7]
These races [D]that we've
run were not [G]for glory
No moral to this story,
[D]we run for peace of [A]mind
But the race [D]we're running
now is nev[G]er ending
Since space and time are bend[D]ing
and there's no [A]finish [D]line

[Verse 8]
Will I [A]live to be a hundred?
I was [D]born [A]in '44
39 to go,
but I ain't [G]keepin' [A]score
I've been [D]left for dead before,
but I still [G]fight on
Don't wait up, [D]leave the light on,
I'll be [A]home [D]soon

[Verse 9]
I've [D]been left for dead be[G]fore,
but [D]I still f[G]ight on
Don't wait up, leave the [D]light on,
I'll be [A]home [D]soon