BLOW
OUT THE CANDLE, LAURA
By: Tom T. Hall (BMI)
Dixie Hall (BMI)
VERSE
1: EACH NIGHT OUT ON OAK LANE A LIGHT HAS BEEN BURNING
THERE IN THE WINDOW
FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS
A FLICKERING CANDLE TO WELCOME A SWEETHEART
BUT
THIS IS A NIGHT THERE'LL BE REASON FOR TEARS
CHORUS:
BLOW OUT THE CANDLE, LAURA
YOUR JOHNNY IS NOT COMING HOME
BLOW OUT THE
CANDLE, LAURA
YOU'RE SPENDING THIS NIGHT ALL ALONE
VERSE
2: THERE'S BEEN A DISASTER UP THERE AT THE COAL MINE
IT'S SHROUDED IN FOG
AND IT'S ALL BEEN SHUT DOWN
IT'S TOTALLY SILENT NOW HERE IN THE VALLEY
EXCEPT FOR THE HOWLING OF JOHNNY'S OLD HOUND
VERSE
3: WE LOOK UP THE ROAD WHERE THE WINDOW IS DARK NOW
THE FIRST TIME WE'VE NOT
SEEN THE CANDLE IN YEARS
IMAGINE THE HEARTBREAK, THE SADNESS AND SORROW
OF LIFE IN THE COAL MINE SPENT LIVING IN FEAR
VERSE
4 : WE'LL COOK UP SOME FOOD AND WE'LL GATHER SOME FLOWERS
AND ASK IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO
JOHNNY'S STILL MISSING DOWN IN SHAFT ELEVEN
AND
WE MISS OUR NEIGHBOR AND HIS CANDLE TOO
REPEAT CHORUS
TAG: BLOW OUT THE
CANDLE, LAURA