[Intro] (Sweep... and sweep... and sweep...) [Verse 1] From the ballroom window you can see it all, Every lamp along the line, every tower, every wall. Snow on the strip where the dogs used to run, A hundred metres of light and none of it the sun. [Chorus] Searchlights, searchlights, Turning in the dark. Searchlights, searchlights, Every beam a mark. [Verse 2] A man with a thermos and a cardboard file, Tired eyes, the new police, a careful smile. "His family asked. We're looking again. Twenty minutes before he ran, the phone rang then." [Chorus] Searchlights, searchlights, Turning in the dark. Searchlights, searchlights, Every beam a mark. [Bridge - Spoken, low] Somebody called the guards that night. Somebody here. He reads the name out loud. Across the lobby, she doesn't turn round. [Final Chorus] Searchlights, searchlights, The towers have gone dark. Searchlights, searchlights, But the names still leave their mark. [Outro] (Sweep... and sweep...) [End]
