When The Lights Go Out

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[Verse 1]
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I sat by your bedside

Mumbling to sorrow
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Holding onto your hand

My back against the morrow

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There’s a beauty in this
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A privilege in parting I know


[Verse 2]
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The years turned to days

And days turned to hours
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Penitent in black

Pressing flesh amongst the flowers
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I regret a lot and said a lot of things
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I never thought I would say
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And I think about her
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I think about her everyday


[Chorus]
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Well the night was ours

We were swinging in the stars
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When the lights went out
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She was burning bright

When we said goodnight
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Then the lights went out
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Oh honey when the lights go out
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Will I see you again?


[Verse 3]
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Plucking out your heartstrings

Rattling their cages
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Butter fingered lovers

Ripping out the pages
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To the rules of the game
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They’re never willing to play
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Oh I think about her
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And I think about her everyday


[Chorus]
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Well the night was ours

We were swinging in the stars
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When the lights went out
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She was burning bright

As we said goodnight
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Then the lights went out
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Oh honey when the lights go out
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Will I see you again?


[Bridge]
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We traced her steps across linoleum in kitten heels
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    And pressed our faces in the crush of velveteen and satin trim
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  She kept her faith on windowsills in plastic figurines
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    Dedicated to a life spent letting go go gone


[Chorus]
         E
Well the night was ours

We were swinging in the stars
          A
When the lights went out
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She was burning bright

When we said goodnight
          A
Then the lights went out
                   C
Oh honey when the lights go out
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Will I see you again?

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Yeah the night was ours

We were swinging in the stars
          A
When the lights went out
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She was burning bright

Into the middle of the night
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Then the lights went out
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Oh honey when the lights go out
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Will I see you again?
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Will I see you again?
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Will I see you again?