Leave the Light On

Folk, full-voiced conversational vocal at normal speaking volume, close-miked in a dry intimate room with almost no reverb, steady 72 BPM 4/4 major-key pulse, fingerpicked steel-string guitar alone through the verses and choruses, eight-bar intro, short bridge, final chorus joined by one sustained fiddle note, four-bar guitar outro

[Verse] The bus comes at seven, the hill is still grey I count all the fence posts the whole of the way My shoes are too big and my coat is too thin But there's always a light when I'm coming back in [Chorus] Leave the light on, leave the light on I can find the whole world if the light is still on Leave the light on, leave the light on I'm never really lost with the light left on [Verse] The dog knows my footsteps before I'm in view He waits at the gatepost, he's older than you The kettle, the doorway, the coat on the chair And the small yellow window that says someone's there [Chorus] Leave the light on, leave the light on I can find the whole world if the light is still on Leave the light on, leave the light on I'm never really lost with the light left on [Bridge] Someday I'll go further than the end of this road And I'll carry that window wherever I go [Chorus] Leave the light on, leave the light on I can find the whole world if the light is still on Leave the light on, leave the light on I'm never really lost with the light left on

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