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Leave The Lights On

From the John Prine album "Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings" ( Oh Boy Records, 1995)
Intro:
 E

 E
 Feeling kind of boney
On the telephoney
Talking to Marconi
Eating Rice-A-Roni
 A
 Nominated for Tony
For acting like a phoney
 E
 Watching Twilight Zoney
On my forty-two inch Sony
 B7
This is just a long song
It ain't no poem
 E
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.

 E
 It's like sitting in the kitchen
When the music's really bitchin'
Your nose it starts to itchin'
As you count your old age pension
 A
Did I forget to mention
The ride that I was hitchin'
 E
To the aluminum convention
I had such good intentions
 B7
Keep you cotton pickin' fingers off my song poem
 E
And leave the lights on till you baby gets home.

 E
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.
 A
Don't forget your toothbrush
Your hairbrush and your comb
 E
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.
 B7
Got a big ol' dog
A chrome crowbar
 E
I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car
 EAEB7AE

 E
 Me and Billy Shakespeare
Stepped out to get a root beer
We sat together so near
People thought we were queer
 A
Punctuated by the big scare
We joined the Air Force right there
 E
To defend our country first class
Who couldn't give a rat's ass
 B7
Don't you tell me that the White House is my home
 E
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.

 E
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.
 A
Don't forget your toothbrush
Your hairbrush and your comb
Leave the lights on till you baby gets home.
 B7
Got a big ol' dog
A big iron bar
 E
I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car

 E
 It's like kissing Greta Garbo
With a mouth full of marbles
 A
 E
Like trying to cash a paycheck
 B7
In the middle of a train wreck   
 E
Leave the lights on
Leave the lights on

 E
 Like trying to get aroundo
 A
In a car made of bondo    
 E
Like speaking German lingo
 B7
To a dog named Dingo - Plotz!!
 E
 Leave the lights on
Leave the lights on

 E
 Like a french-fried quesadilla
In a franchised pizzeria
 A
 E
 Leave the lights on
Leave the lights on
 B7
A big iron bar
 E
I keep that mother humper in the back seat of my car

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