Ten miles from Tulsa I met a sage with a cane
In a top hat and tails all tattered and stained
He looked like my grandpa, sounded like my dad
We talked the whole way to Dallas 'bout the hard life he'd had
He spoke of how when they met when they were just two kids in school
They got married at sixteen, like folks used to do
And how she'd taken those drinks and the keys and their babe
And drove on to glory and left him this way
Oh Lord, leave the light on for me
A little ray of hope for the lost ones to see
I'll ramble on till you call me home from this lonely life I lead
Just oh Lord, leave the light on for me
Outside of Sulfer where Katrina hit the bay
We picked up a soldier boy who'd seen better days
A sunken eyed specter fresh from his steel shell
He said he felt out of place so far from hell
Well, that's when top hat woke up from his brokenhearted haze
Perhaps 'cause this ghost would be about his own boy's age
Then he offered his hand to us veterans of sin
And before long us losers were all joining in
Oh Lord, leave the light on for me
A little ray of hope for the lost ones to see
I'll carry on till you call me home if that is what you need
Just oh Lord, leave the light on for me
Oh Lord, leave the light on for me
Life can be cruel, it can lead you astray
That little bit of love you give well that's the only way
The way back home
Oh Lord, leave the light on for me
A little ray of hope for the lost ones like me
Pick up the phone when I'm all alone when I cry and sweat and bleed
Just oh Lord, leave the light on for me
Oh Lord, leave the light on for me
Oh Lord, leave the light on for me
Oh
Yeah
I got to stay
I'll be lost if you don't leave that light on for me
Oh Lord, leave the light on for me, yeah
Leave the light on for me
Oh
Leave the light on for me
