Eighty, A Light Left On

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Verse

I am eighty and I'm sitting in the chair beside the door
And the lamp is on beside me and it's on again tonight
And the house is full of photographs, and most of them are right
And the ones that aren't are funny, and they're funny in this light
Oh I've been alone a lot of it, and that was all alright
There were years I thought I'd drown in it, at ten and twenty-four
There were Fridays in a parking lot, there were second chairs, and more
And I'm telling you it added up to something I adore

Chorus

It was okay, it was okay
There was somebody who found me and it didn't take that long
There were people in the cloakroom and the hallway all along
There were forty separate kitchens where I absolutely belong
Oh I promise you, I promise you, the lonely wasn't wrong
It was okay, it was okay
You were early, you were early, that was all, and that's okay
And it came, and it came, and it came, and it's today

Verse

There's a great-grandkid who's seven and I can't recall her name
And she sits beside my chair and doesn't make a single sound
And she's got a book of dinosaurs, the best one to be found
And she says the other kids don't want to have her hanging round
Oh I know exactly what to say, I've known it since I found
That the cloakroom and the hallway and the wedding were the same
And the quiet that you're keeping isn't anybody's shame
So I take her hand and tell her what I've waited to proclaim

Chorus

It was okay, it was okay
There was somebody who found me and it didn't take that long
There were people in the cloakroom and the hallway all along
There were forty separate kitchens where I absolutely belong
Oh I promise you, I promise you, the lonely wasn't wrong
It was okay, it was okay
You were early, you were early, that was all, and that's okay
And it came, and it came, and it came, and it's today

Bridge

In the window of the kitchen there has always been a light left on
It was on when I was ten and it was on the other day
It was somebody expecting me and someone on the way
It was you, it was the future, it was everything, okay
Oh I left it on for you now, and it's staying, and it'll stay
So whatever hour finds you, and however far you've gone
There's a kitchen and a window and a lamp, and it is on
And it's going to be alright, my love, and then it's going to be dawn

Outro

And it's going to be alright, and then it's going to be dawn