You and the Candles

3/4 time

whe

n

soci

eties

crumble

and everything’

s

gone

when the

cars

are all

rusted

away

there

ain’t

no m

ore

money and there is

nothing to buy

and a

ll

that

we have is t

he

day

when the

world

becomes silent no

planes

in the

air

and the voices just gather to

sing

the

guns

are the fence post the

cars

are the

dog

house

and the

telephones

no longer

ring

but

what,

what of the

night

with

no

electrical

lig

ht

so what

then

you,

you and the can

dles

will

be all t

hat

I nee

d

your

fac

e

bathed in t

he

fire l

ight

will

be

all i w

ant

to se

e

and I

’ll

sti

ll

write you

a song

that

will la

st

the whole night lon

g

you,

you and the candles

the

grocery

stores are

hollow

in-

side

the

airports

all filled with the

breeze

after

the anarchy

finally

sub-

sides

will you

reckon

with how it will

be

when

empires

are humble before the

eyes

of the

people

and the

truth

will be like a pa-

rade

when

industries

fallen we’ll

make

our own

clothes

now

and

gifts

of our hands rise a-

gain

but

what,

what of the

night

with

no

electrical

lig

ht

so what

then

you,

you and the can

dles

will

be all t

hat

I nee

d

your

fac

e

bathed in t

he

fire l

ight

will

be

all i w

ant

to se

e

and I

’ll

sti

ll

write you

a song

that

will la

st

the whole night lon

g

you,

you and the candles

in a

waste

pa

per

basket the

timi

ng

is fantastic

for

lovers

to me

an

what they say

and a

night

lit in cand

les

on stain w

ooden

mantels

keep us

safe

till the nigh

t

turns to day

you,

you

and the sto

rm

clouds

and

the puddles

at our fee

t

the

lightning

cu

ts

through the heave

ns

and lig

ht

you so

briefly

and

i’ll

st

ill

write you

a song

that will

last

the whol

e

night long

you,

you

and th

e

candl

es

you,

you

and th

e

candl

es