Leave The Light On Low

Lyrics — written by hand

(Ooh) just a little one

When I was small there was a lamp in the hall
that stayed on all night long.
Nobody used it, nobody said why.
It just meant nothing's wrong.

I've kept the habit all these years
in every flat and every town.
A small light burning at the end of the hall
so the dark isn't all the way down.

Leave the light on low.
Not to see by — just to know.
Somebody thought about the night
before the night could go.

For whoever comes home later than me,
for the version of me at four.
For the friend who might knock and not want to talk,
there's a glow underneath the door.

Leave the light on low.
Not to see by — just to know.
Somebody thought about the night
before the night could go.

This is the whole of what I've got:
be a little warm, be around.
The lead in the pocket turns in the end,
but slowly, and without a sound.

Leave the light on low.
Not to see by — just to know.
Somebody thought about the night
before the night could go.

(Ooh) still on in the hall.
(Ooh) goodnight, and go slow.