LAMPLIGHTER'S SONG

In the backwater towns of the Northland
The old life shadows hang long
And though they walk out in the concrete and the neon
They still know the Lamplighter's Song

In a place made for wishing and leaving
The shutters come down on the stree
The breeze will tell of the evening
Falling so holy and sweet

Singing the lamplighter's song
One to reach, two to spark
Happy the child unafraid of the dark

A season keeps what it catches
There's no hesitation, no shame
Just the rustle of taper and matches
Then the worlds
turning round just the same

Day isn't day without twilight
Right isn't right without wrong
Time isn't time without someone in line
Singing the lamplighters song

It was Tuesday when the whisper came creeping
The cypresses moved in the wind
When she came in she thought he was sleeping
That's August all over my friend

And in the backwater towns of the Northland
The old life shadows hang long
Though they walk out in the concrete and the neon
They still know the Lamplighter's Song
They all know the Lamplighter's Song