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Leave the Lights On

John Prine
ChordsKeyEbeginner
4.6(4)

Chords in this song3

Intro

 

Verse 1

Feeling kind of boney on the telephoney
Talking to Marconi eating Rice-A-Roni
Nominated for Tony for acting like a phony
Watching Twilight Zoney on my forty-two inch Sony
This is just a long song it ain't no poem
Leave the lights on till your baby gets home

Verse 2

It's like sitting in the kitchen when the music's really bitchin'
Your nose it starts to itchin' as you count your old age pension
Did I forget to mention the ride that I was hitchin'
To the aluminum convention I had such good intentions
Keep you cotton pickin' fingers off my song poem
And leave the lights on till your baby gets home

Chorus

Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
Don't forget your toothbrush your hairbrush and your comb
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home
Got a big ol' dog a chrome crowbar
I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car

Instrumental

  
  
   

Verse 3

Me and Billy Shakespeare stepped out to get a root beer
We sat together so near people thought we were queer
Punctuated by the big scare we joined the Air Force right there
To defend our country first class who couldn't give a rat's ass
Don't you tell me that the White House is my home
Leave the lights on till your baby gets home

Chorus

Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
Leave the lights on till your baby gets home
Don't forget your toothbrush your hairbrush and your comb
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home
Got a big ol' dog a big iron bar
I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car

Instrumental

 

Bridge

It's like kissing Greta Garbo with a mouth full of marbles 
Like trying to cash a paycheck un the middle of a train wreck 
Leave the lights on leave the lights on 
Like trying to get aroundo in a car made of bondo 
Like speaking German lingo to a dog named Dingo - Plotz!!
Leave the lights on leave the lights on 
Like a french-fried quesadilla in a franchised pizzeria 
Leave the lights on leave the lights on
A big iron bar
I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car

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