BLOW OUT THE CANDLE LAURA (Linda Lay & Sammy Shelor)
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