Living Lamp

Say when the light is on Say when the light is on

The room was full of talking

No one could find the door

I took the words out one by one Till the floor was

floor

One clock for the whole house Each room can wind its own

Some keep a single number

Some keep their own

We'll say when the light is on

And where to knock when it's gone

Say when the light is on

Where to knock when it's gone

A sign upon the window

For the ones who come at night

We are not here till morning

Go next door, they've a light

Don't wait on the step in the cold

Don't wait on us at all

Someone else is up tonight

Go and call

You cannot close your eyes on the watch

And leave the night unwritten.

If nobody is looking,

someone has to be counting,

and hand the morning the whole of the dark on one page.

Only then can the bell stay quiet.

We'll say when the light is on

And where to knock when it's gone

Say when the light is on

Where to knock when it's gone

I took my name off the door

The light stays on

The light stays on