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Don't Leave The Light On

from God Shaped Hole by Michael Weston King

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This morning there’s a biblical sunrise that throws it’s light across the mountains
This was their playground, their courtyard, their stamping ground
The place where they melted and molded together again
And it was the scene of their last final throw of the dice
Their once fantastic place where reality finally set in

Don't leave the light on for me
You know I wont be coming back tonight
Don't leave the light on for me
it’s not how it used to be this time

So he’s standing there by the side of the lake
Where four months earlier they swam, they walked, they laughed
I think they even talked
He’s calling her up to tell her where he is
But he cant speak to her now, she doesn’t even want to try and listen
He can hear the children calling, he can see them playing, asking who’s on the line
But he knows they cant hear what he’s saying
Thank God they can’t hear what she’s saying

Don't leave the light on for me
You know I wont be coming back tonight
Don't leave the light on for me
it’s not how it used to be this time

So it’s three weeks later, it’s five degrees below, not a cloud in the star filled sky
The chapel on the hill is ringing it’s midnight bell
A constant reminder of childhood and adolescence
The big birds are calling to each other
Flying too close to each other
Flying too close to the ground
Flying too close to him
And she’s a thousand miles away, she may as well be a million
In another world, another life now, another time

Don't leave the light on for me
You know I wont be coming back tonight
Don't leave the light on for me
it’s not how it used to be this time

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from God Shaped Hole, released April 24, 2020

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Michael Weston King Montgomery, UK

Former leader of Alt. Country pioneers, The Good Sons, 12 years a solo artist and currently 1/2 of award winning country soul duo My Darling Clementine.

"King has a voice part Nashville balladeer and part Alt Country hero, a cross between Nick Cave and Rodney Crowell"
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